Cañadon Hondo: Lutetian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Meiolaniidae
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Gaffneylania auricularis
Sterli et al. 2015
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° South, 67.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.9° South, 57.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Lutetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Lutetian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 47.8 - 41.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sarmiento |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuff |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous sandstone |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MEF |
Metadata
| Also known as: | (FN: CH1/10, CH4/10, CH20/10, CH53/10 (MPEF-PV 10557, 10558, 10560, 10562) | ||
| Database number: | 208477 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2020-04-01 15:32:17 | Last modified: | 2020-04-01 15:32:17 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-04-01 15:32:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 57078. | J. Sterli, M. S. de la Fuente, and J. M. Krause. 2015. A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:519-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |