Estancia Quiñi Malal (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: La Pampa, Argentina (38.3° S, 66.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 63.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Chasicoan mammal zone, Cerro Azul Formation, Chasicoan (10.0 - 9.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Piñero, D. H. Verzi, A. I. Olivares, C. I. Montalvo, R. L. Tomassini and A. Fernández Villoldo. 2021. Evolutionary pattern of Metacaremys gen. nov. (Rodentia, Octodontidae) and its biochronological implications for the late Miocene and early Pliocene of southern South America. Papers in Palaeontology 7(4):1859-1917 [J. Carrillo/K. Pino/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230708: authorized by Juan Carrillo, entered by Kateryn Pino on 14.07.2023

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Octodontidae
Metacaremys primitiva Piñero et al. 2021 caviomorph
GHUNLPam 8081, isolated left M1 or M2