Estancia Redonda Chica: Early Miocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Mammalia - Cetacea
Gaetán et al. 2025 1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 43.5° South, 65.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° South, 61.7° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Early Miocene
Age range of interval: 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Gaiman
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Lithology description: succession of mudstones, fine tuffs, sandstones, tuffaceous sandstones, and sparse shell-beds
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: marine inner shelf to shoreline environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:203127
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2019-07-30 18:09:27 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2019-07-30 18:09:27
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
61700. J. I. Cuitiño, M. R. Buono, M. Viglino, N. D. Farroni, and S. Bessone. 2019. Factors affecting the preservation and distribution of cetaceans in the lower T Miocene Gaiman Formation of Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 526:110-125 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

91089 C. M. Gaetán, M. R. Buono, Y. Tanaka, N. D. Farroni, and V. N. Milano. 2025. Echoes from the Miocene: tracing the anatomy and phylogeny of Prosqualodon australis (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1):2455753 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]