Puerto Madryn: Burdigalian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetacea indet.
Brisson 1762
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Cione and Cozzuol 1990 | |||||||||
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Odontoceti indet.
Flower 1867
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Cione and Cozzuol 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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Kentriodon sp.
Kellogg 1927
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Cione and Cozzuol 1990 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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= cf. Kentriodon sp.
Kellogg 1927
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Cione and Cozzuol 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodelphinidae
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Notocetus vanbenedeni n. gen., n. sp.
(Moreno 1892)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Mesocetus poucheti n. gen., n. sp.
Moreno 1892
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Paracetus poucheti n. gen., n. sp.
Moreno 1892
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Moreno 1892 | |||||||||
| recombined as Diaphorocetus poucheti | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° South, 65.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° South, 59.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Gaiman | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: age and stratigraphy after Paolucci et al 2019 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tuffaceous,gray siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous,gray sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: light gray tuffaceous siltstones and sandstones | |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Bahia Nueva | ||
| Database number: | 45885 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-12-11 13:56:23 | Last modified: | 2020-02-18 15:09:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-12-11 13:56:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12337. | F. P. Moreno. 1892. Lijeros apuntes sobre dos generos de cetaceos fosiles de la Republica Argentina. Revista del Museo de La Plata 3:393-400 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 12218 | F. Ameghino. 1901. L' age des Formations sedimentaires de Patagonie. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 52:189-197 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 12217 | A. L. Cione and M. A. Cozzuol. 1990. Reidentification of Portheus patagonicus Ameghino, 1901, a supposed fish from the Middle Tertiary of Patagonia as a delphinoid cetacean. Journal of Paleontology 64(3):451-453 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] | |
| 61675 | F. Paolucci, M. R. Buono, M. S. Fernández, F. G. Marx, and J. I. Cuitiño. 2020. Diaphorocetus poucheti (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteroidea) from Patagonia, Argentina: one of the earliest sperm whales. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(4):335-355 [M. Uhen/B. Shipps/M. Uhen] | |
| 29133 | A. Parras, M. Griffin, R. Feldmann, S. Casadio, C. Schweitzer and S. Marenssi. 2008. Correlation of marine beds based on Sr- and Ar-date determinations and faunal affinities across the Paleogene Neogene boundary in southern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 26:204-216 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |