Locality VI, Tapera de López, Paso de Indios (Eocene of Argentina)

Also known as Rinconada de los López

Where: Chubut, Argentina (44.8° S, 68.3° W: paleocoordinates 47.2° S, 58.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmiento Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Barrancan, Casamayoran

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: L. G. Marshall, R. L. Cifelli, R. E. Drake and G. H. Curtis. 1986. Vertebrate paleontology, geology, and geochronology of the Tapera de López and Scarritt Pocket, Chubut Province, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 60(4):920-951 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49902: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Darin Croft on 01.05.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Astrapotheria - Trigonostylopidae
Albertogaudrya unica Ameghino 1901 placental
AMNH 28947
 Notoungulata - Notopithecidae
Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino 1897 notoungulate
AMNH 114035
 Notoungulata - Oldfieldthomasiidae
Oldfieldthomasia cf. debilitata Ameghino 1901 notoungulate
AMNH 114036