Cerro Verde upper level: Middle Eocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Hydromedusa casamayorensis
de la Fuente and Bona 2002
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Maniel et al. 2018 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Sebecidae
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Sebecus icaeorhinus
Simpson 1937
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MPEF-PV 1776 (partially articulated specimen including anterior region of the dentary and most of the postcranial skeleton) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
Coordinates: | 45.4° South, 67.8° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° South, 58.0° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | Mammal zone: | Casamayoran |
Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Sarmiento |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | planar lamination,fine tuff |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: Fine tuff with parallel lamination | |
Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Western margin of CaƱadon Hondo; Rocas Gemelas | ||
Database number: | 142920 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-04-18 02:19:50 | Last modified: | 2016-01-10 14:03:29 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-18 02:19:50 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46371. | D. Pol, J. M. Leardi, A. Lecuona and M. Krause. 2012. Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2):328-354 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
65631 | I. J. Maniel, M. S. de la Fuente, J. Sterli, J. M. Jannello, and J. M. Krause. 2018. New remains of the aquatic turtle Hydromedusa casamayorensis (Pleurodira, Chelidae) from the middle Eocene of Patagonia: taxonomic validation and phylogenetic relationships. Papers in Palaeontology 1-29 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] | |
57078 | J. Sterli, M. S. de la Fuente, and J. M. Krause. 2015. A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:519-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |