Puesto La Flecha: Oligocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Podocnemididae
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cf. Podocnemis argentinensis
Cattoi and Freiberg 1958
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| CPBA–V–14095, 82 fragments of the shell | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | La Rioja |
| Coordinates: | 29.4° South, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° South, 61.6° West | ||
| 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: | 33.90000 - 23.03000 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: | 2017-12-01 18:56:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-12-01 18:56:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |