Santa Cruz: Santacrucian, Argentina
collected by C. Ameghino
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Microbiotheria
- Microbiotheriidae
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Microbiotherium patagonicum
Ameghino 1887
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Marshall 1982 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MACN 1, dentary p1-m1 ("tipo" of _Microbiotherium tehuelchum_) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Paucituberculata
- Palaeothentidae
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Palaeothentes lemoinei
Ameghino 1887
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Abello et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Palaeothentes aratae
Moreno 1882
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Abello et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Palaeothentes minutus
Ameghino 1887
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Abello et al. 2012 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Prothylacynus patagonicus
Ameghino 1891
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Marshall 1979 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| MLP 11-38, mandible; MACN 189, dentary with partial m4 | ||||||||||
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Cladosictis patagonica
Ameghino 1887
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Marshall 1981 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| MACN 665, dentary; MACN 85, maxillary P3-M1; MACN 86, maxillary M1-3; MLP 11-11, dentary; MLP 11-120, dentary m2; MLP 11-15, dentary m3; MLP 11-8, dentary m1-3 | ||||||||||
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Hathliacynus rollieri n. sp.
Mercerat 1891
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Marshall 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Cladosictis patagonica | ||||||||||
| MLP 11-17, maxilla M1-2 | ||||||||||
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Hathliacynus cultridens n. sp.
Mercerat 1891
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Marshall 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Cladosictis patagonica | ||||||||||
| MLP 11-9, dentary m4 | ||||||||||
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Amphithereutes obscurus n. sp.
Ameghino 1935
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Marshall 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Cladosictis patagonica | ||||||||||
| MLP 11-10, mandible m1-4 | ||||||||||
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Hathliacynus lustratus n. sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Marshall 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| synonym of Cladosictis patagonica | ||||||||||
| MLP 11-2, dentary p1-2 | ||||||||||
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? Acyon bardus n. sp.
Ameghino 1889
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Ameghino 1889 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Cladosictis | ||||||||||
| MACN 9, dentary m3-4 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Nematherium sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Bargo et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 18009, skull, mandible, postcrania | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 50.9° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.5° South, 63.5° 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 |
| Collectors: | C. Ameghino |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176575 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra |
| Modifier: | J. Zijlstra | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 27313 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-17 21:32:47 | Last modified: | 2016-02-17 21:33:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-17 21:32:47 |
| 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:
| 58179 | M. A. Abello, E. Ortiz-Jaureguizar, and A. M. Candela. 2012. Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the late Early Miocene of Argentina. In S. F. VizcaÃno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 156-172 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 15092 | F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 58223 | M. S. Bargo, N. Toledo, and S. F. Vizcaíno. 2012. Paleobiology of the Santacrucian sloths and anteaters (Xenarthra, Pilosa). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 216-242 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 57760 | L. Marshall. 1982. Systematics of the South American marsupial family Microbiotheriidae. Fieldiana Geology 10:1-75 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 58324 | L. G. Marshall. 1979. Review of the Prothylacyninae, an extinct subfamily of South American "dog-like" marsupials. Fieldiana Geology 3:1-50 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 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] |