Casamayor bed 1: Casamayoran, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Trigonostylopidae
Trigonostylops sp. Ameghino 1897
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Notopithecus adapinus Ameghino 1897
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notostylopidae
Notostylops murinus Ameghino 1897
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Santa Cruz
Coordinates: 47.7° South, 66.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.3° South, 56.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Casamayoran
Age range of interval:55.80000 - 48.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Casamayor Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Notostylops bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Argillite with ferruginous concretions
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
Metadata
Also known as:Notostylops beds
Database number:50066
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Wertheim
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-05 11:16:24 Last modified:2006-08-14 01:10:44
Access level:the public Released:2005-05-05 11:16:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13447. A. Tournouër. 1903. Note sur la géologie et la paléontologie de la Patagonie. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 3:464-473 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]