Puesto La Flecha: Oligocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
CPBA–V–14095, 82 fragments of the shell
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:La Rioja
Coordinates: 29.4° South, 68.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.2° South, 62.0° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Oligocene
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 23.04 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Puesto La Flecha
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: conglomerate
Lithology description: conspicuo intervalo conglomerádico
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Cátedra de Paleontología de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires
Metadata
Database number:190185
Authorizer:E. Vlachos Enterer:E. Vlachos
Created:2017-12-01 18:56:22 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-01 18:56:22
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

63988. M. S. de la Fuente, P. Ciccioli, O. Limarino, P. Gutiérrez, and L. Fauque. 2003. Quelonios podocnemídidos en la Formación Puesto La Flecha (Oligoceno), Precordillera de la Rioja, Argentina. Ameghiniana 40(4):617-614 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]