Yack Harvey: Santacrucian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sparassodonta
Cladosictis patagonica Ameghino 1887
Marshall 1981 5 specimens
MACN 6288, left and right mandible with teeth; MACN 6289, maxilla M1-2; MACN 6290–6292, isolated teeth; MACN 6293–6298, postcranial fragments; MACN 9386, dentary m3-4
Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae
cf. Asterostemma depressa Ameghino 1889
Vizcaíno et al. 2012
MACN-A 7663, partial skull
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Psilopterus lemoinei (Moreno and Mercerat 1891)
Alvarenga and Holfing 2003
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Santa Cruz
Coordinates: 50.4° South, 69.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:51.0° South, 63.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
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
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Cañadón Jack, Yak-Harvey, Take Harvey
Database number:176567
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Subset of collection #:27313
Created:2016-02-17 21:12:18 Last modified:2020-07-21 01:43:47
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-17 21:12:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

58167. S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Background for a paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia. In S. F. Vizcaí­no, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 1-22 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]

Secondary references:

35669 H. M. F. Alvarenga and E. Holfing. 2003. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Avies: Ralliformes). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 43(4):55-91 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
58306 L. G. Marshall. 1981. Review of the Hathlyacyninae, an extinct subfamily of South American "dog-like" marsupials. Fieldiana Geology 7:1-120 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
58202 F. J. Prevosti, A. M. Forasiepi, M. D. Ercoli and G. F. Turazzini. 2012. Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 173-193 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
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]