Near Mina Atala (Eocene of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (32.0° S, 68.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° S, 59.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Divisadero Largo Formation, Divisaderan (42.0 - 36.0 Ma)

• Middle Eocene based on López (2010).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MLP

Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1970. Addition to the knowledge of Groeberia (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the mid-Cenozoic of Argentina. Breviora 362:1-17 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27906: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 16.01.2003, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Allotheria -
Groeberia pattersoni n. sp. Simpson 1970 mammal
MLP 68-VI- 27-1 - type
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Chelidae indet. sideneck turtle