Estancia San José: Early Miocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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| Gaetán et al. 2025 | 1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° South, 65.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° South, 61.8° 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: | 203128 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-07-30 18:10:29 | Last modified: | 2025-02-24 15:29:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-07-30 18:10:29 |
| 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] |