Cerro La Matanza: Late Miocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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| 1 specimen | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Entre Rios |
| Coordinates: | 32.6° South, 60.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° South, 58.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63 - 5.333 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified calcareous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: he base of this unit is a fossil-bearing (2–3 m thick) calcareous sandstone with dominantly horizontal bedding where mollusc shells are clearly recognized. | |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Victoria City | ||
| Database number: | 141508 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-28 02:16:26 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-03-28 02:16:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46000. | J. Velez-Juarbe, J. I. Noriega, and B. S. Ferrero. 2012. Fossil dugongidae (Mammalia, Sirenia) from the Paraná Formation (Late Miocene) of Entre Ríos Province, Argentina. Amghiniana 49(4):585-593 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |