La Flecha, type locality of the Deseadan SALMA ( of Argentina)

Also known as Chafee Locality 10 Rio Deseado

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.9° S, 66.3° W: paleocoordinates 49.0° S, 58.5° W)

When: Deseado Formation (Sarmiento Group), Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Carlos Ameghino

Primary reference: A. A. Carlini and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2004. The oldest Megalonychidae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada); phylogenetic relationships and an emended diagnosis of the family. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 233:423-443 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220634: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 11.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Deseadognathus riggsi n. gen. n. sp.
Deseadognathus riggsi n. gen. n. sp. Carlini and Scillato-Yané 2004 edentate
FMNH P13558