Cañadon Hondo (Eocene of Argentina)

Also known as (GPS-FN: Cheli3)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.4° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.9° S, 57.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Sarmiento Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuff and tuffaceous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MEF

Primary reference: J. Sterli, E. Vlachos, P. Puerta, C. Oriozabala, and M. Krause. 2021. Contribution to the diversity of the fossil record of turtles (Testudinidata) from Chubut province (Argentina) and its significance in understanding the evolution of turtles in southern South America. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 21(1):118-160 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 208483: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 01.04.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Hydromedusa casamayorensis de la Fuente and Bona 2002 sideneck turtle