Puerta de Corral Quemado: Montehermosan, Argentina
collected by R. D. Thorne
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Xotodon sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Esteban et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Myocastoridae
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Paramyocastor diligens
Ameghino 1888
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Esteban et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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Promacrauchenia antiqua
(Ameghino 1887)
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Esteban et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Nothrotheriidae
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Pronothrotherium typicum
Ameghino 1907
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Esteban et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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| FMNH-P 14446 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Paleuphractus argentinus
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Esteban et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Lutreolina sp.
Thomas 1910
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Esteban et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| FMNH P14409, jaw fragments, holotype | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Catamarca |
| Coordinates: | 27.2° South, 66.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° South, 65.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Montehermosan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5 - 3.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Corral Quemado | ||||
| Local section: | Puerta de Corral Quemado | Local bed: | 32 | ||
| Local order: | no particular order | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "unit 32 of Corral Quemado Formation at Puerta de Corral Quemado, Departamento de Belén, Catamarca Province, Northwest Argentina" | |||||
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: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | FMNH |
| Collectors: | R. D. Thorne |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Unit 32 of Corral Quemado Formation | ||
| Database number: | 176757 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2016-02-29 10:56:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-29 10:56:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 73092 | G. Esteban, S. Georgieff, N. Nasif, L. Ibáñez, and R. Bonini. 2019. Marco estratigráfico, paleontología de vertebrados y paleoambientes del Plioceno de Catamarca, Tucumán y Santiago del Estero, Argentina. In N. Nasif, G. Esteban, J. Chiesa, A. Chiesa, S. M. Georgrieff (eds.), Mioceno al Pleistoceno del centro y norte de Argentina 52:348-366 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |