La Cañada, Pinturas Fm., Río Chico, Santa Cruz: Santacrucian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Stichomys sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Kramarz 2004 | |||||||||
| 17 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Neoepiblemidae
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Perimys sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Kramarz 2002 | |||||||||
| 2 specimens; probably a new species, but material is too fragmentary | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Luantus toldensis
Kramarz 2006
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Kramarz 2006 | |||||||||
| 4 specimens | ||||||||||
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Neoreomys australis
Ameghino 1887
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Kramarz 2006 | |||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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? Diadiaphorus sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Kramarz and Bond 2005 | |||||||||
| synonym of Proterotherium | ||||||||||
| one specimen, could be different species | ||||||||||
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? Diadiaphorus caniadensis n. sp.
Kramarz and Bond 2005
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Kramarz and Bond 2005 | |||||||||
| holotype plus 1 specimen | ||||||||||
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Tetramerorhinus ? cingulatum
Ameghino 1891
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Kramarz and Bond 2005 | |||||||||
| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Paucituberculata
- Palaeothentidae
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Acdestis oweni
Ameghino 1887
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Bown and Fleagle 1993 | |||||||||
| MACN SC-3162 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz | County: | Río Chico |
| Coordinates: | 48.1° South, 70.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° South, 64.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | Pinturas | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Pertains to "Upper Sequence" according to Kramarz and Bellosi, 2005 = typical Santacrucian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MACN |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Estancia La Cañada | ||
| Database number: | 59332 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Croft, C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion | Enterer: | D. Croft, G. Varnham, J. Carrillo |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-03-26 11:31:40 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 10:30:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-03-26 11:31:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 16881. | T. M. Bown and C. N. Larriestra. 1990. Sedimentary paleoenvironments of fossil platyrrhine localities, Miocene Pinturas Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. Journal of Human Evolution 19(1-2):87-119 [D. Croft/D. Croft] |
Secondary references:
| 73037 | T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle. 1993. Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Dental Evolution of the Palaeothentidae, Later Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) Caenolestoid Marsupials of South America. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 29:1-76 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 47126 | A. Kramarz. 2006. Neoreomys and Scleromys (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, late Early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentina de Ciencias Naturales n.s 8(1):53-62 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] | |
| 16992 | A. G. Kramarz. 2002. Roedores chinchilloideos (Hystricognathi) de la Formación Pinturas, Mioceno temprano-medio de la provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, n.s. 4(2):167-180 [D. Croft/D. Croft] | |
| 16990 | A. G. Kramarz. 2004. Octodontoids and erethizontoids (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, Early-Middle Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana 41(2):199-216 [D. Croft/D. Croft] | |
| 46083 | A. G. Kramarz. 2006. Eocardiids (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pinturas Formation, Late early Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):770-778 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] | |
| 16665 | A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond. 2005. Los Litopterna (Mammalia) de la Formación Pinturas, Mioceno temprano-medio de Patagonia. Ameghiniana 42(3):611-626 [D. Croft/D. Croft] |