Locality VI, Tapera de López, Paso de Indios: Bartonian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Trigonostylopidae
Albertogaudrya unica Ameghino 1901
AMNH 28947
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino 1897
AMNH 114035
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Oldfieldthomasiidae
Oldfieldthomasia cf. debilitata (Ameghino 1901)
AMNH 114036
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut County:Paso de Indios
Coordinates: 44.8° South, 68.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.2° South, 58.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
Stage: Bartonian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3
Key time interval: Bartonian
Age range of interval: 41.2 - 37.71 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sarmiento
Stratigraphy comments: Barrancan, Casamayoran
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:permineralized
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:AMNH
Metadata
Also known as:Rinconada de los López
Database number:49902
Authorizer:D. Croft Enterer:D. Croft
Modifier:E. Vlachos Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-01 13:41:59 Last modified:2022-08-17 07:21:28
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-01 13:41:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13081. L. G. Marshall, R. L. Cifelli, R. E. Drake and G. H. Curtis. 1986. Vertebrate paleontology, geology, and geochronology of the Tapera de López and Scarritt Pocket, Chubut Province, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 60(4):920-951 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]