Puesto Estancia La Costa Fossiliferous Level 7.2: Santacrucian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Eucholoeops ingens n. sp.
Ameghino 1887
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| Neotype: MPM-PV 3401, skull and postcrania. See also ref 71644 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 51.2° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.6° South, 66.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 0 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| 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 |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Cruz | Member: | Estancia La Costa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176643 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 142533 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-20 13:02:08 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-20 13:02:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 71644 | G. De Iuliis, F. Pujos, N. Toledo, M. S. Bargo, and S. F. Vizcaino. 2014. Eucholoeops Ameghino, 1887 (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megalonychidae) from the Santa Cruz Formation, Argentine Patagonia: implications for the systematics of Santacrucian sloths. Geodiversitas 36(2):209-255 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] |