PBDB Collection

Estancia La Costa Fossiliferous Level 3: Santacrucian, Argentina

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Calyptocephalellidae

	Calyptocephalella sp. Strand 1926		2 specimens
	MPM-PV 3712, fontoparietal; MPM-PV 3507, frontoparietal
Mammalia - Sparassodonta

	Lycopsis torresi Cabrera 1927	Prevosti et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 4328

	Hathlyacyninae indet. (Ameghino 1894)	Tauber 1997

	Cladosictis patagonica Ameghino 1887	Prevosti et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 4323

	Sipalocyon sp. Ameghino 1887	Prevosti et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 4316

	Sipalocyon gracilis Ameghino 1887	Prevosti et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 4332
Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

	Astrapotherium sp. Burmeister 1879	Tauber 1997

	Astrapotherium magnum (Owen 1853)	Tauber 1997

	Astrapotherium cf. magnum (Owen 1853)	Tauber 1997
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

	Protypotherium praerutilum Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997

	Protypotherium attenuatum Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997

	Cochilius informal sp. nov. Ameghino 1902	Tauber 1997
Mammalia

	Pelecyodon cristatus Ameghino 1891	Bargo et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 3409, skull
Mammalia - Megalonychidae

	Hapalops sp. Ameghino 1887	Bargo et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 3400, skeleton

	Hapalops longiceps Scott 1903	Tauber 1997

	Hapalops cf. longiceps Scott 1903	Tauber 1997
Mammalia - Mylodontidae

	Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889	Bargo et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 3406, postcrania

	Nematherium sp. Ameghino 1887	Bargo et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 3407, skull
Mammalia - Cingulata

	Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino 1887	Vizcaíno et al. 2012
	MPM-PV 3427, skull
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Steiromys detentus Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997
Mammalia - Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae

	Perimys cf. erutus Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Eocardia cf. excavata Ameghino 1891	Tauber 1997

	Neoreomys australis Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997

	Neoreomys cf. australis Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997

	Spaniomys sp. Ameghino 1877	Tauber 1997

	Spaniomys riparius Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

	Theosodon lallemanti Mercerat 1891	Tauber 1997
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

	Diadiaphorus robustus Ameghino 1894	Tauber 1997

	"Proterotherium" cavum Ameghino 1887	Tauber 1997
see common names

Country:	Argentina	State/province:	Santa Cruz
Coordinates:	51.2° South, 69.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	50.5° South, 66.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	local area

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Burdigalian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Santacrucian
Age range of interval:	17.5 - 16.3 m.y. ago

Formation:	Santa Cruz
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	mesofossils

Database number:	176599
Authorizer:	J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion	Enterer:	J. Zijlstra, M. Kouvari
Modifier:	M. Kouvari	Research group:	vertebrate
Subset of collection #:	176581
Created:	2016-02-17 23:26:54	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2016-02-17 23:26:54
Creative Commons license:	CC0

58223		M. S. Bargo, N. Toledo, and S. F. Vizcaíno. 2012. Paleobiology of the Santacrucian sloths and anteaters (Xenarthra, Pilosa). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 216-242 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
58202		F. J. Prevosti, A. M. Forasiepi, M. D. Ercoli and G. F. Turazzini. 2012. Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 173-193 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
70785		A. A. Tauber. 1997. Bioestratigrafía de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno Inferior) en el extremo sudeste de la Patagonia. Ameghiniana 34(4):517-529 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]
72751		A. A. Tauber. 1999. Los vertebrados de la Formacion Santa Cruz (Mioceno inferior-medio) en el extremo sureste de la Patagonia y su significado paleoecológico. Revista Espagnola de Paleontologia 14(2):173-182 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]
58206		S. F. Vizcaíno, J. C. Fernicola, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian glyptodonts and armadillos (Xenarthra, Cingulata). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 194-215 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]