Coy Inlet: Santacrucian, Argentina
collected by C. Ameghino, J.B. Hatcher, B. Brown, E.S. Riggs & Tournouër
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
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Brontornis burmeisteri
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Buffetaut 2014 | |||||||||
| MNHN 1902-6, incomplete mandible | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Paucituberculata
- Palaeothentidae
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Acdestis oweni
Ameghino 1887
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Bown and Fleagle 1993 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Borhyaena tuberata
Ameghino 1887
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Prevosti et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| FMNH 13253, 13266; USNM 15701 | ||||||||||
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Cladosictis patagonica
Ameghino 1887
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Marshall 1981 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| PU 15704 = CMNH 2893, dentary p2-m4 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Interatherium robustum
Ameghino 1891
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| synonym of Interatherium extensus | ||||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15293, cranium | ||||||||||
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Interatherium excavatum
(Ameghino 1889)
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| synonym of Interatherium rodens | ||||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15043, cranium and mandible | ||||||||||
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Protypotherium praerutilum
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15386, cranium, mandible, humerus, femur, tibia | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Adinotherium ovinum
(Owen 1846)
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 1531, humerus, ulna, femur, tibia | ||||||||||
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Nesodon imbricatus
Owen 1846
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15215, cranium, mandible; 15967, femur, tibia | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Astrapotherium sp.
Burmeister 1879
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MacPhee et al. 2021 | |||||||||
| MLP 38-X-30-1, partial skull | ||||||||||
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Astrapotherium magnum
(Owen 1853)
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MacPhee et al. 2021 | |||||||||
| FMNH P14259, skull and jaw | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Tetramerorhinus mixtum
Ameghino 1894
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| synonym of Proterotherium australe | ||||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15017, humerus, ulna | ||||||||||
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Diadiaphorus majusculus
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15799, mandible | ||||||||||
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Thoatherium minusculum
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15240, cranium; 15714, mandible; 15719, mandible; 15724, cranium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Homunculidae
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Homunculus patagonicus
Ameghino 1891
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Novo et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| MNHN.F.SCZ215 is labeled as “Homunculus // Coyle 1902-6” | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Chlamyphoridae
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Prozaedyus sp.
(Ameghino 1891)
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15604, skull and humerus | ||||||||||
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Prozaedyus proximus
(Ameghino 1887)
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15567, skull and pes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
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Peltephilus pumilus
Ameghino 1887
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15391 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Proeutatus lagena
(Ameghino 1887)
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Eutatus lagena | ||||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15613, skull, mandible, postskeleton | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Stegotherium tauberi
Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané 2008
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15566, skull and postcrania ("Coy Inlet?") see also ref 70052 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Hapalops sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Bargo et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| YPM-VPPU 15005, incomplete postcranial skeleton; YPM-VPPU 15813, scapula; YPM-VPPU 15264, mandible and postcrania | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 51.0° South, 69.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 51.6° 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 | ||
| Age estimate: | 16.5 to 16.1 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Cruz | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Novo et al 2018: Santa Cruz Formation, late-early Miocene (Burdigalian Age) (see Marshall 1976; Tauber 1997; Buffetaut 2014), approximately 16.1-16.5 Ma (Fleagle et al. 2012) (Fig. 1). | |||||
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, J.B. Hatcher, B. Brown, E.S. Riggs & Tournouër |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Boca del Coyle, Río Coyle, Puerto Coyle | ||
| Database number: | 176576 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra, M. Kouvari, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 27313 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-17 21:45:05 | Last modified: | 2020-07-23 04:18:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-17 21:45:05 |
| 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:
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 72947 | E. Buffetaut. 2014. Tertiary ground birds from Patagonia (Argentina) in the Tournouër collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 185(3):207-214 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 58224 | G. H. Cassini, E. Cerdeño, A. L. Villafañe and N. A. Muñoz. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian native ungulates (Meridiungulata: Astrapotheria, Litoptera and Notoungulata). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 243-286 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 81723 | R. D. E. MacPhee, S. Hernández del Pino, A. Kramarz, A. M. Forasiepi, M. Bond and R. B. Sulser. 2021. Cranial morphology and phylogenetic relationships of Trigonostylops wortmani, an Eocene South American native ungulate. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 449(1):1-183 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 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] | |
| 72535 | N. M. Novo, M. F. Tejedor, and L. R. González-Ruiz. 2018. Previously unknown fossil platyrrhines (Primates) of Patagonia from the Tournouër collection at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris. Geodiversitas 40(22):529-535 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
| 73133 | R. Pascual, A. A. Carlini, M. Bond and F. J. Goin. 2002. Mamíferos Cenozoicos. In M. J. Haller (ed.), Geología y Recursos Naturales de Santa Cruz. Relatorio del XV° Congreso Geológico Argentino II-11:1-12 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 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] |