Tranquera blanca (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.7° S, 69.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 42.0° S, 67.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Friasian (16.3 - 15.5 Ma)

• The absolute ages Ar/Ar show 16.5 Ma (Flynn and Swisher, 1995), 15.7 Ma or 13.5 - 11.8 Ma (Laventan) (Madden et al 1997).

•The authors go with the Friasian age by looking at the chronologic succession, specimens and general correlation of this locality with Cerro Zeballos

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: L. R. González-Ruiz, A. E. Zurita, G. J. Scillato-Yane, M. Zamorano, and M. F. Tejedor. 2011. Un nuevo Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) del Mioceno de Patagonia (Argentina) y comentarios acerca de la sistematica de los gliptodontes "friasenses". Revista Mexicana de Ciencas Geologicas 28(3):566-579 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209631: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 07.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Paraeucinepeltus raposeirasi n. gen. n. sp. Brandoni et al. 2017 glyptodon
Holotype: LIEB-PV-6000