Casamayor bed 1: Casamayoran, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Trigonostylopidae
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Trigonostylops sp.
Ameghino 1897
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Notopithecus adapinus
Ameghino 1897
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Notostylopidae
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Notostylops murinus
Ameghino 1897
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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] |