Punta Sur: Santacrucian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Interatherium sp. Ameghino 1887
Tauber 1997
El espécimen asignado a Interatherium sp. [1374] procede del Cañadón del Indio, de un estrato de toba blanca maciza, el cual es correlacionable litoestratigráficamente con el NF 3
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Vetelia puncta Ameghino 1891
Vizcaíno et al. 2012
MPM-PV 3652, osteoderm
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Araucaria marensii Cantrill and Poole 2005
Brea et al. 2012 1 specimen
MPM-PB 4388, twig wood
Angiospermae - Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagoxylon triseriatum Torres and Lemoigne 1988
Brea et al. 2012 1 specimen
MPM-PB 4392, wood
Angiospermae - Fabales - Fabaceae
aff. Faboideae informal Xilotype 3
Brea et al. 2012 1 specimen
MPM-PB 4390, similar to "Xilotype 3" of Pujana, 2008
Angiospermae - Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Eucryphiaceoxylon eucryphioides Poole et al. 2001
Brea et al. 2012 1 specimen
MPM-PB 4391, wood
Angiospermae - Proteales - Proteaceae
Doroteoxylon vicentiperezii Nishida et al. 1989
Brea et al. 2012 4 specimens
MPM-PB 4381-4384, wood
Angiospermae - Laurales - Lauraceae
Laurinoxylon atlanticum (Romero 1970)
Brea et al. 2012 4 specimens
original and current combination Ulminium atlanticum
MPM-PB 4384-4386, 4393, wood
Angiospermae - Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrceugenia chubutense Ragonese 1980
Brea et al. 2012 1 specimen
MPM-PB 4387, stem or trunk piece of wood
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Santa Cruz
Coordinates: 51.0° South, 69.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.6° South, 63.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Santacrucian
Age range of interval:17.40000 - 16.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santa Cruz
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cañadón del Indio
Database number:176577
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Zijlstra, M. Kouvari
Research group:vertebrate
Subset of collection #:27313
Created:2016-02-17 21:47:00 Last modified:2016-02-17 21:47:00
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-17 21:47:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
58167. S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Background for a paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia. In S. F. Vizcaí­no, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 1-22 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]

Secondary references:

58174 M. Brea, A. F. Zucol, and A. Iglesias. 2012. Fossil plant studies from late Early Miocene of the Santa Cruz Formation: paleoecology and paleoclimatology at the passive margin of Patagonia, Argentina. In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 104-128 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
70785 A. A. Tauber. 1997. Bioestratigrafía de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno Inferior) en el extremo sudeste de la Patagonia. Ameghiniana 34(4):517-529 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]
58206 S. F. Vizcaíno, J. C. Fernicola, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian glyptodonts and armadillos (Xenarthra, Cingulata). In S. F. Vizcaí­no, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 194-215 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]