Cantera Vialidad: Huayquerian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Paedotherium sp.
Burmeister 1888
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodon platensis
Owen 1837
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ctenomyidae
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Xenodontomys ellipticus
Kraglievich 1927
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Octodontidae
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Galea sp.
Meyen 1832
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Chorobates villosissimus
Reig 1958
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Eutatus seguini
Gervais 1867
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Panochthidae
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Sclerocalyptus ornatus
Owen 1845
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megatherium americanum
Cuvier 1796
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Buenos Aires |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° South, 62.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.5° South, 60.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Huayquerian |
| Age range of interval: | 8 - 5 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 5.28 ± 0.04 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cerro Azul | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Late Huayquerian (Late Miocene–earliest Pliocene; late Messinian–early Zanclean; see below; Deschamps et al., 2013). This deposit has a numerical dating of 5.28±0.04 Ma (Schultz et al., 2006). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 198862 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, J. Carrillo | Enterer: | M. Kouvari, K. Pino |
| Modifier: | K. Pino | ||
| Created: | 2019-01-16 06:19:33 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-01-16 06:19:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67741. | C. M. Deschamps and R. L. Tomassini. 2016. Late Cenozoic vertebrates from the Southern Pampean region: systematic and bio-chronostratigraphic update. In M. Martínez, D. Olivera (eds.), Palinología del Meso-Cenozoico de Argentina - Volumen en homenaje a Mirta Elena Quattrocchio 16(2):202-225 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] |
Secondary references:
| 85280 | P. Piñero, D. H. Verzi, A. I. Olivares, C. I. Montalvo, R. L. Tomassini and A. Fernández Villoldo. 2021. Evolutionary pattern of Metacaremys gen. nov. (Rodentia, Octodontidae) and its biochronological implications for the late Miocene and early Pliocene of southern South America. Papers in Palaeontology 7(4):1859-1917 [J. Carrillo/K. Pino/P. Mannion] |