Rio Negro: Messinian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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| Bravard 1858 | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arca bonplandiana
d'Orbigny 1842
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Bravard 1858 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten patagonensis
d'Orbigny 1842
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Bravard 1858 | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea alvarezii
d'Orbigny 1842
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Bravard 1858 | |||||||||
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Ostrea patagonica
d'Orbigny 1842
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Bravard 1858 | |||||||||
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Ostrea ferrarisi
d'Orbigny 1842
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Bravard 1858 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Ziphiidae
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| Cozzuol 1996 | ||||||||||
| It is not clear where this specimen is from. | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina |
| Coordinates: | 41.1° South, 65.2° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° South, 64.1° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| *Period: | Middle Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene |
| *International age/stage: | Langhian - Messinian | *Local age/stage: | Rionegrense |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.246 - 5.333 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Rionegrense" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 13092 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-01-21 07:47:38 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-01-21 07:47:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 4362. | 5% 35260 | D. Gondar. 1974. La presencia de cetaceos Physteridae en el Terciario Superior ("Rionegrense") de la Provincia de Rio Negro. Actas del Primer Congreso Argentino de Paleontologia y Bioestratigrafia 2:349-356 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 14629 | 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] | |
| 12042 | M. A. Cozzuol. 1996. The record of aquatic mammals in southern South America. Munchner Geowissenshaftliche Abhandlungen. A, Geoligie und Palaontologie 30:321-342 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |