Where: Chubut, Argentina (43.4° S, 65.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.1° S, 59.0° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Gaiman Formation), Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; mudstone and sandstone
Primary reference: C. Acosta Hospitaleche, L. Castro, C. Tambussi and R. A. Scasso. 2008. Palaeospheniscus patagonicus (Aves, Sphenisciformes): New disoveries from the early Miocene of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):565-575 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 80914: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Palaeospheniscus patagonicus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 penguin | |
Mammalia | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Gnathostomata | |
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish | |
unclassified | |
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bivalvia | |
Crassostrea ? hatcheri Ihering 1899 oyster |