Sacanana (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.5° S, 68.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° S, 62.5° W)

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; cherty/siliceous lithology not reported

• "silicifed concretions"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Gaillard, A. M. Forasiepi, S. D. Tarquini, R. D. E. MacPhee, and S. LadeveĢ€ze. 2024. Cranium of Sipalocyon externus (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) with remarks on the paleoneurology of hathliacynids and insights into the Early Miocene sparassodonts of Patagonia, Argentina. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 143(20)more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 236575: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Edward Southworth on 11.10.2024

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
Borhyaena macrodonta
Borhyaena macrodonta Ameghino 1902 metatherian
 Sparassodonta -
Sipalocyon gracilis, Sipalocyon externus
Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino 1887 metatherian
Sipalocyon externus Ameghino 1902 metatherian