Cerro Blanco, Mustersan: Mustersan, Argentina
collected by S. Roth
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
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Pseudoglyptodon sp.
Engelmann 1987
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McKenna et al. 2006 | |||||||||
| AMNH 29483 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Machlydotherium asperum
Ameghino 1902
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Simpson 1948 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 29407, two scutes | ||||||||||
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Meteutatus confluens
(Ameghino 1902)
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Simpson 1948 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 29409, single scute | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Polyacrodon lanciformis
Roth 1899
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Simpson 1948 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 29482, maxilla with P4-M2 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Archaeopithecidae
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Archaeopithecus rogeri
Ameghino 1897
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Vera 2017 | |||||||||
| MLP 12-1529 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Periphragnis exauctus
(Ameghino 1902)
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Simpson 1967 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| AMNH 29420, lower jaw; AMNH 29422, lower jaw; AMNH 28752, lower jaw fragment | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Isotemnidae
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? Acoelohyrax indet.
Ameghino 1902
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Simpson 1967 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| AMNH 29487, maxilla P2-M2 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Homalodotheriidae
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Trigonolophodon elegans n. sp.
Roth 1904
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Roth 1904 | |||||||||
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Trigonolophodon inflatus n. gen., n. sp.
Roth 1904
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Roth 1904 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Archaeohyracidae
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Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides
Ameghino 1901
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Simpson 1967 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| AMNH 29406, dentary m1-3; AMNH 29410, dentary m1-3; AMNH 28883, maxilla M1-3 | ||||||||||
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Isolophodon cingulosus n. gen., n. sp.
Roth 1904
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Roth 1904 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Trigonostylopidae
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Albertogaudrya robusta n. gen., n. sp.
Roth 1904
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Roth 1904 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Polydolopidae
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Polydolops mayoi
Odreman Rivas 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MLP 52-XI-4-176 | ||||||||||
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= Polydolops cf. thomasi
Ameghino 1897
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Chornogubsky 2020 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.8° South, 69.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.8° South, 60.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Mustersan | Zone: | Mustersan |
| Age range of interval: | 47.9 - 41.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sarmiento | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Mustersan SALMA - Middle to Late Eocene according to Woodburne et al. (2014)
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Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | S. Roth |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Canadon Blanco | ||
| Database number: | 175761 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra | Enterer: | R. Butler, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra, M. Kouvari |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-01-09 17:43:05 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-01-09 17:43:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57557. | L. G. Marshall. 1982. Systematics of the extinct South American marsupial family Polydolopidae. Fieldiana Geology 12:1-109 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 74919 | L. Chornogubsky. 2020. Interrelationships of Polydolopidae (Mammalia: Marsupialia) from South America and Antarctica. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1-42 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
| 62631 | M. C. McKenna, A. R. Wyss, and J. J. Flynn. 2006. Paleogene Pseudoglyptodont Xenarthrans from Central Chile and Argentine Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 3536:1-18 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 73279 | S. Roth. 1904. Noticias preliminares sobre nuevos mamíferos fósiles del Cretáceo superior y Terciario inferior de la Patagonia. Revista del Museo de la Plata 11:135-158 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
| 10369 | G. G. Simpson. 1948. The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 91:1-232 [D. Croft/D. Croft/R. Butler] | |
| 10312 | G. G. Simpson. 1967. The beginning of the age of mammals in South America. Part II. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 137:1-260 [D. Croft/D. Croft/K. Pino] | |
| 63245 | B. Vera. 2017. Patagonian Eocene Archaeopithecidae Ameghino, 1897 (Notoungulata): systematic revision, phylogeny and biostratigraphy. Journal of Paleontology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |