Puerto Deseado, south (Miocene to of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.8° S, 65.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.1° S, 62.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene to Miocene (23.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Bravard. 1858. Monografia de los terrenos marinos terciarios, de las cercanias del Parana. Annales Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3:45-94 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54123: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.09.2005, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea alta Sowerby 1846 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten centralis" = Jorgechlamys centralis, "Pecten paranensis" = Aequipecten paranensis
"Pecten centralis" = Jorgechlamys centralis Sowerby 1846 scallop
"Pecten paranensis" = Aequipecten paranensis d'Orbigny 1842 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea patagonica" = Crassostrea patagonica
"Ostrea patagonica" = Crassostrea patagonica d'Orbigny 1842 oyster
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
"Nucula ornata" = Neilo ornata
"Nucula ornata" = Neilo ornata Sowerby 1846 clam
Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp.2 Cuvier 1796 edentate
Aves
 Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Physornis fortis1 Ameghino 1894 terror bird