Estancia Quiñi Malal : Chasicoan, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Octodontidae
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| GHUNLPam 8081, isolated left M1 or M2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | La Pampa |
| Coordinates: | 38.3° South, 66.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.8° South, 64.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Chasicoan | Mammal zone: | Chasicoan |
| Age range of interval: | 10 - 8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cerro Azul |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 230708 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Carrillo | Enterer: | K. Pino |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-07-14 05:25:53 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-07-14 05:25:53 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |