El Gauchito: Danian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Chelidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Sterli et al. 2021 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Eocaiman palaeocenicus n. gen., n. sp.
Bona 2007
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| MPEF-PV 1933 - holotype (mandibles); MPEF-PV 1935 and 1936 (portions of left and right dentary, including teeth) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.2° South, 67.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° South, 56.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 66 - 61.66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Salamanca | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: middle-upper Danian, in the upper part of the Salamanca Formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Eocaiman palaeocenicus type locality | ||
| Database number: | 114013 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | ||
| Created: | 2011-08-09 00:39:37 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-09 00:39:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 37004. | P. Bona. 2007. A new species of Eocaiman Simpson (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) from the Lower Paleocene of Patagonia [Una nueva especie de Eocaiman Simpson (Crododylia, Alligatoridae) del Paleoceno Inferior de Patagonia]. Ameghiniana 44(2):435-445 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 71994 | J. Sterli, E. Vlachos, P. Puerta, C. Oriozabala, and M. Krause. 2021. Contribution to the diversity of the fossil record of turtles (Testudinidata) from Chubut province (Argentina) and its significance in understanding the evolution of turtles in southern South America. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 21(1):118-160 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] |