Atlantic cliffs between Mar del Plata and Miramar (Pliocene of Argentina)

Also known as Acantilados atlanticos entre las ciodades de Mar del Plata y Miramar

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.2° S, 57.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.1° S, 57.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Barranca de los Lobos Member (Pampean Formation), Chapadmalalan (4.0 - 3.0 Ma)

• Aloformacion Playa San Carlos y Playa Los Lobos. Miembro Barranca de los Lobos de la Fm. Pampeano. Piso Chapadmalalense (Plioceno sup)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Quintana. 1997. El roedor Dolicavia minuscula (Caviomorpha, Caviidae) del Plioceno Superior de a provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Historia Animalium 3:55-71 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210710: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 17.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Dolichotis minuscula n. sp. Ameghino 1908 mara
Holotype: MACN 10617 along with other specimens (MMP-S-)