Puesto Estancia La Costa Fossiliferous Level 6: Santacrucian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Phorusrhacidae
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Patagornis marshi
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 4342, sternum | ||||||||||
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Phororhacos longissimus
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| recombined as Phorusrhacos longissimus | ||||||||||
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Psilopterus australis
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Psilopterus lemoinei | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Cariamiformes
- Cariamidae
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Cariaminae indet.
Bonaparte 1853
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3510, tibiotarsus fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Thegornis musculosus
Ameghino 1894
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3433, almost complete skeleton | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Propalaehoplophoridae
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Propalaehoplophorinae indet.
(Ameghino 1891)
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Propalaehoplophoridae | ||||||||||
| MPM-PV 3417, fragment of carapace | ||||||||||
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Propalaehoplophorus australis
(Moreno 1882)
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Hoplophorus australis | ||||||||||
| MPM-PV 3419, mandible and partial carapace | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Chlamyphoridae
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Prozaedyus proximus
(Ameghino 1887)
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Proeutatus cf. deleo
(Ameghino 1891)
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Eutatus deleo | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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cf. Hapalops sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Bargo et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3404, incomplete skull and postcrania | ||||||||||
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Eucholoeops sp.
Amegino 1887
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Bargo et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3402, postcrania | ||||||||||
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Eucholoeops cf. fronto
Ameghino 1891
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Bargo et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3403, skull, mandible, postcrania | ||||||||||
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Eucholoeops fronto
Ameghino 1891
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Astrapotherium magnum
(Owen 1853)
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Astrapotherium cf. magnum
(Owen 1853)
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Protypotherium cf. attenuatum
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Protypotherium praerutilum | ||||||||||
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Interatherium sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Hegetotherium mirabile
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Adinotherium sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Adinotherium ovinum
(Owen 1846)
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3532, cranium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Thoatherium sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Thoatherium cf. minusculum
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Licaphrium floweri
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Acarechimys minutus
Patterson and Pascual 1967
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Neoepiblemidae
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Perimys cf. erutus
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Neoreomys australis
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Neoreomys cf. australis
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Eocardia perforata
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Eocardia robusta | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Homunculidae
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Homunculus patagonicus
Ameghino 1891
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Arctodictis munizi
Mercerat 1891
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Forasiepi et al. 2004 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| MACN A 5915-5917, jaws and 5918-5921, jaws and postcrania (each a single individual) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° South, 63.4° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | Member: | Estancia La Costa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176603 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra, M. Kouvari |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 142533 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-17 23:58:47 | Last modified: | 2020-06-17 04:29:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-17 23:58:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58178. | F. J. Degrange, J. I. Noriega, and J. I. Areta. 2012. Diversity and paleobiology of the Santacrucian birds. In S. F. VizcaÃno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 138-155 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] |
Secondary references:
| 58223 | M. S. Bargo, N. Toledo, and S. F. Vizcaíno. 2012. Paleobiology of the Santacrucian sloths and anteaters (Xenarthra, Pilosa). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 216-242 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 58224 | G. H. Cassini, E. Cerdeño, A. L. Villafañe and N. A. Muñoz. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian native ungulates (Meridiungulata: Astrapotheria, Litoptera and Notoungulata). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 243-286 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 58303 | A. Forasiepi, F. J. Goin, and A. A. Tauber. 2004. Las especies de Arctodictis Mercerat, 1891 (Metatheria, Borhyaenidae), grandes carnívoros del Mioceno de América del Sur. Revista Española de Paleontología 19(1):1-22 [J. Zijlstra/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] | |
| 72751 | A. A. Tauber. 1999. Los vertebrados de la Formacion Santa Cruz (Mioceno inferior-medio) en el extremo sureste de la Patagonia y su significado paleoecológico. Revista Espagnola de Paleontologia 14(2):173-182 [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] |