Costa Bonita (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (38.6° S, 58.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.6° S, 58.6° W)

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, silty, sandy lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: N. A. De Santi, A. I. Olivares, P. Piñero, J. A. F. Villoldo, and D. H. Verzi. 2024. An exceptionally well-preserved fossil rodent of the South American subterranean clade Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Phylogeny and adaptive profile. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 31(3)more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236717: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Gavin Limroth on 21.10.2024

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys avitus n. sp. De Santi et al. 2024 caviomorph
sp. nov.
Ctenomys kraglievichi Rusconi 1930 caviomorph