La Cancha: Tinguirirican, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Hathliacynidae
Goin et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 4345 (right M?1)
Goin et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 4344 (right ?lower premolar)
Mammalia - Sternbergiidae
Goin et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 4459 (left M4), 4457 (right mx)
Mammalia
Goin et al. 2010 3 specimens
MPEF-PV 4460 (left M?2, holotype), 4461 (right M?3), 4242 (right M?1)
Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae
Microbiotherium sp. Ameghino 1887
Goin et al. 2010 8 specimens
MPEF-PV 4365 mx, 4348 mx, 4366 dentary p3-m1, 4371 Mx, 4362 M1, 4367 Mx, 4359 M?3, 4135 M?3
Goin et al. 2010 15 specimens
MPEV-PV 4368 (m1, holotype), 4353 m1, 4364 m1, 4349 m1, 4361 m1, 4358 m2, 4354 m2, 4363 m2, 4355 m3, 4360 m3, (unnumbered) maxilla M2-3, 4146 maxilla M2-3, 4238 M1, 4372 M2. Tentatively referred: 4346 mx, 4356 mx
Goin et al. 2010 7 specimens
MPEF-PV 4369 (m1, holotype), 4370 (m2), 4352 (m2), 4350 (m2 trigonid), 4373 (m3), 4232 (M1), 4374 (M2)
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Goin et al. 2010 26 specimens
MPEF-PV 4490 (maxillary P3-M2, holotype), 4486 (maxillary M2-3), 4482 (fragment M1), 4483 (fragment M1), 4484 (M2), 4148 (fragment M2), 4479 (M3), 4481 (M3), 4480 (M3), 4478 (M3), 4474 (M4), 4129 (dentary p3, partial m1), 4126 (p3), 4489 (m1), 4235 (m2), 4470 (m2), 4488 (partial m2), 4469 (m3), 4465 (m3), 4468 (m3), 4467 (m3), 4471 (m3), 4466 (m3), 4464 (fragment m3), 4462 (m4), 4463 (m4)
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Pichipilidae
? Pichipilidae indet. Marshall 1980
Goin et al. 2010 3 specimens
MPEF-PV 4410 (right mx), 4402 (left mx), 4494 (right dentary fragment with m3–4)
Mammalia - Glasbiidae
Goin et al. 2010 4 specimens
MPEF-PV 4498 (Mx, holotype). Tentatively referred: 4496 fragment Mx, 4495 fragment maxillary with two Mx, 4493 fragment Mx
Mammalia - Rosendolopidae
Goin et al. 2010 3 specimens
MPEF-PV 4477 Mx, 4476 Mx, 4446 Mx
Goin et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 4487 Mx, 4497 Mx
Goin et al. 2010 5 specimens
MPEF-PV 4449 (M?3, holotype), 4477 M?1, 4446 M?2, 4476 M?2. Tentatively referred: 3917 mx
Goin et al. 2010 3 specimens
MPEF-PV 4412 mx, 4388 mx, 4439 Mx
Goin et al. 2010 5 specimens
MPEF-PV 4416 mx, 4142 mx, 4424 Mx fragment, 4446 Mx, 4485 Mx
Goin et al. 2010 38 specimens
MPEF-PV 4144 (maxilla M1-4, holotype), 4383 maxilla M2-3, 4384 maxilla M1-2, 4435 M1, 4442 M1, 4386 M1, 4151 M1, 4429 M2, 4438 M2, 4441 M2, 4437 M2, 4434 M3, 4436 M3, 4132 dentary with p2-3 roots and m1, 4233 m1, 4423 m2, 4418 m2, 4229 fragment m2, 4417 m2, 4385 m2, 4250 m2, 4420 m3, 4419 fragment mx. Referred: 4440 fragment Mx, 4427 fragment Mx, 4428 fragment Mx, 4430 fragment Mx, 4432 fragment Mx, 4228 fragment Mx, 4431 fragment Mx, 4433 fragment Mx, 4415 mx, 4422 mx, 4414 mx, 4425 mx, 4426 mx, 4413 mx, 4421 mx
Goin et al. 2010 35 specimens
MPEF-PV 4239 (maxilla M2-3, holotype); isolated molars and dentaries
Mammalia - Argyrolagidae
Goin et al. 2010 98 specimens
MPEF-PV 4279 (dentary m1-3), isolated teeth and dentary and maxilla fragments
Goin et al. 2010 17 specimens
MPEF-PV, isolated teeth and dentary and maxilla fragments
Mammalia
Goin et al. 2010 11 specimens
MPEV-PV 4243 (Mx, holotype), 7 referred isolated teeth, 3 tentatively referred isolated teeth
Mammalia - Polydolopidae
Goin et al. 2010 19 specimens
MPEF-PV 4342 (M1, holotype), isolated teeth
Mammalia
Carlini et al. 2010
Mammalia - Cingulata - Peltephilidae
Carlini et al. 2005
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Carlini et al. 2010
Carlini et al. 2010
Carlini et al. 2005
Carlini et al. 2010 3 specimens
groups of osteoderms in MPEF PV
Carlini et al. 2010
Carlini et al. 2010
Carlini et al. 2010 9 specimens
osteroderms in MPEF PV
Astegotheriini indet. (Ameghino 1906)
Carlini et al. 2005
Carlini et al. 2005
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptatelinae indet. Castellanos 1932
Carlini et al. 2005
Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae
Stenotatus sp. Ameghino 1891
Carlini et al. 2005
Mammalia - Notoungulata
López et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 6159, right upper M1-2 and left upper M3, MPEF-PV 6243, right m2
López et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 6217, isolated upper premolars and molars
López et al. 2010 5 specimens
MPEF-PV 6154, isolated upper and lower premolars and molars; MPEF-PV 6188, left lower m3; MPEF-PV 6197, isolated lower incisor; MPEF-PV 6791, isolated upper incisor; MPEF-PV 7945, left dentary fragment with p4-m3
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae
López et al. 2010 5 specimens
MPEF-PV 6170, right and left upper molars; MPEF-PV 5732, upper molar; MPEF-PV 6180, P4 and M1; MPEF-PV 6200, right lower p3; MPEF-PV 6206, left upper M1
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 45.7° South, 68.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.8° South, 62.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Paleogene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 3-4
Key time interval: Tinguirirican Mammal zone:  Tinguirirican
Age range of interval: 36 - 29 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sarmiento Member:Vera
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "a flat exposure with a surface area roughly that of a "soccer pitch" near the top of the Vera Member at Profile K" of Gran Barranca.

Tinguirirican SALMA, Early Oligocene (Woodburne et al. 2014).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:GBV-4, Gran Barranca Fauna de "La Cancha"
Database number:176200
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-31 21:45:58 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-31 21:45:58
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
57837. R. H. Madden, R. F. Kay, M. G. Vucetich and A. A. Carlini. 2010. Gran Barranca: a twenty-three million year record of Middle-Cenozoic faunal evolution in Patagonia. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 423-439 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]

Secondary references:

73071 A. A. Carlini, M. Cancio, and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2005. Los Xenarthra de Gran Barranca: Más de 20 Ma de historia. Actas del XVI Congreso Geológico Argentino. La Plata 2005 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
57869 A. A. Carlini, M. R. Ciancio, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 2010. Middle Eocene-Early Miocene Dasypodidae (Xenarthra) of southern South America: biostratigraphy and palaeoecology. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 106-129 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Mannion]
57847 F. J. Goin, M. A. Abello, and L. Chornogubsky. 2010. Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America's Grande Coupure. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 69-105 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
57896 G. M. López, A. M. Ribeiro, and M. Bond. 2010. The Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Gran Barranca: preliminary considerations. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 143-151 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
58079 M. A. Reguero and F. J. Prevosti. 2010. Rodent-like notoungulates (Typotheria) from Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina: phylogeny and systematics. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 148-165 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]