PBDB Collection

Cerro de los Monos, Pinturas Fm., Lago Buenos Aires, Santa Cruz (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.0° S, 70.7° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° S, 65.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pinturan zone, Pinturas Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Pertains to "Middle Sequence" = "Pinturan" of Kramarz & Bellosi 2005

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MACN

Primary reference: T. M. Bown and C. N. Larriestra. 1990. Sedimentary paleoenvironments of fossil platyrrhine localities, Miocene Pinturas Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Journal of Human Evolution 19(1-2):87-119 [D. Croft/D. Croft]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59321: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Darin Croft on 26.03.2006, edited by Juan Carrillo, Jelle Zijlstra and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Primates - Homunculidae	Soriacebus adrianae⁴ Soriacebus adrianae⁴ Fleagle 1990 monkey 2 specimens
Primates -	Carlocebus carmenensis⁴ Carlocebus carmenensis⁴ Fleagle 1990 monkey 10 specimens
Rodentia -	Eosteiromys annectens⁶, Eosteiromys cf. homogenidens⁶ Eosteiromys annectens⁶ Ameghino 1901 caviomorph 2 specimens Eosteiromys cf. homogenidens⁶ Ameghino 1902 caviomorph 1 specimen
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Branisamyopsis praesigmoides⁶ Branisamyopsis praesigmoides⁶ Kramarz 2004 porcupine 5 specimens
Rodentia -	Steiromys principalis⁶, Luantus propheticus⁷ Steiromys principalis⁶ Ameghino 1901 caviomorph 1 specimen Luantus propheticus⁷ Ameghino 1899 caviomorph 45 specimens
Rodentia - Dinomyidae	Scleromys quadrangulatus⁸ Scleromys quadrangulatus⁸ Kramarz 2006 caviomorph 3 specimens
Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae	Perimys intermedius⁵ Perimys intermedius⁵ Kramarz 2002 caviomorph 34 specimens
Rodentia - Echimyidae	Prostichomys bowni⁶ Prostichomys bowni⁶ Kramarz 2001 spiny rat 24 specimens
Rodentia - Acaremyidae	Galileomys eurygnathus⁶ Galileomys eurygnathus⁶ Kramarz 2004 caviomorph 2 specimens
Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae	Tetramerorhinus prosistens⁹, Tetramerorhinus fleaglei⁹, Picturotherium migueli⁹ Tetramerorhinus prosistens⁹ Ameghino 1899 placental 1 specimen Tetramerorhinus fleaglei⁹ Kramarz and Bond 2005 placental 18 specimens Picturotherium migueli⁹ Kramarz and Bond 2005 placental 4 specimens
- Mylodontidae	Nematherium sp.² Nematherium sp.² Ameghino 1887 edentate MPM-PV 17420, MPM-PV 17421
Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae	"Microbiotherium divisum" = Oligobiotherium divisum³, Microbiotherium tehuelchum³ "Microbiotherium divisum" = Oligobiotherium divisum³ Ameghino 1902 marsupial MACN Pv SC550, dentary with m1 and partial m2 Microbiotherium tehuelchum³ Ameghino 1887 marsupial MACN Pv SC1172, m2
Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae	Acdestis oweni¹, Acdestis lemairei¹, Palaeothentes minutus¹ Acdestis oweni¹ Ameghino 1887 marsupial MACN SC numbers 558, 578, 585,603 Acdestis lemairei¹ Bown and Fleagle 1993 marsupial MACN SC- 685 Palaeothentes minutus¹ Ameghino 1887 marsupial MACN SC numbers 547, 548, 623

¹Bown and Fleagle 1993; ²Brandoni et al. 2019; ³Chornogubsky and Kramarz 2012; ⁴Fleagle 1990; ⁵Kramarz 2002; ⁶Kramarz 2004; ⁷Kramarz 2006; ⁸Kramarz 2006; ⁹Kramarz and Bond 2005