Tinguiririca Locality Sets 1 & 2: Early Oligocene, Chile

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae
not included in subsequent publications
Mammalia - Polydolopidae
Flynn and Wyss 1999
(11 measurements)
Mammalia - Argyrolagidae
Groeberiidae indet. Patterson 1952
?Groeberiidae; query removed in Wyss et al., 1990; query added back in Wyss et al., 1994
    = Klohnia charrieri n. gen., n. sp. Flynn and Wyss 1999
Flynn and Wyss 1999
SGOPV 2993, mandible p3-m3, holotype; SGOPV 2867, m1-2; 2870, p3-m3; 2925, m2, m3; 2997, p3-m3; tentatively 2952, maxillay M1-3
Wyss et al. 1990
query added in Wyss et al., 1994
Flynn and Wyss 1999
SGOPV 28760, tentatively assigned to _Klohnia_
Mammalia - Rosendolopidae
Wyss et al. 1993
listed as Didelphimorphia incertae sedis
Flynn and Wyss 1999
SGOPV 2944, mandible, holotype
Mammalia
Wyss et al. 1990
McKenna et al. 2006
SGO PV 2995 - type; referred specimen: SGO PV 2999
Tardigrada indet. Latham and Davies 1795
Wyss et al. 1990
listed as Tardigrada incertae sedis; not included in subsequent publications
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Carlini et al. 2009
SGOPV 2841 - type
listed as Dasypodidae incertae sedis
Carlini et al. 2009
SGOPV 3122 - type
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notostylopidae
    = Chilestylops davidsoni n. gen., n. sp. Bradham et al. 2015
Bradham et al. 2015
SGOPV 2906 - holotype
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Wyss et al. 1993
listed as 'Eomorphippus' due to 'nomenclatural problems detailed in work in progress'
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Wyss et al. 2018
SGOPV 2987 - holotype; paratypes: SGOPV 2886, 2996, 3015; referred specimens: SGOPV 2883, 2919, 3008, 3064, 3091
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Notohippidae indet. Ameghino 1894
Wyss et al. 1993
listed as "new taxon B"
Wyss et al. 2018
SGOPV 2855 - type; paratype: SGOPV 3071
Wyss et al. 1993
Wyss et al. 2018
SGOPV 3046 - type; paratype: SGOPV 2891; tentatively referred specimen: SGOPV 3085
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae
Wyss et al. 1993
'Rhynchippinae' new taxon A (quotation marks due to likely paraphyletic status of subfamily); listed as new taxon A
    = Notohippidae indet. Ameghino 1894
Wyss et al. 2018
SGOPV 3004 and 3062
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae
Wyss et al. 1990
listed as Isotemnidae inc. sed. in Wyss et al., 1993a
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae
Wyss et al. 1993
SGOPV 2820
Mammalia - Notoungulata
SGOPV 2797, 2798 and 2911
Bradham et al. 2015
SGOPV 3107 - type
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Wyss et al. 1990
    = Santiagorothia chiliensis n. gen., n. sp. Hitz et al. 2000
Hitz et al. 2000
Hitz et al. 2006
SGOPV 2902, 2910 and 5001
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Wyss et al. 1993
Croft 2000
Croft et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1993
Croft 2000
Croft et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1990
Wyss et al. 1993
listed as 'Bryanpattersonia sulcidens' to "reflect nomenclatural problems detailed in work in progress"
Reguero et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1990
Croft 2000
Reguero et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1993
Croft et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1993
Croft 2000
Croft et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1990
Wyss et al. 1993
Croft et al. 2003
Wyss et al. 1993
Croft 2000
Croft et al. 2003
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Wyss et al. 1990
listed as "Notopithecinae" new genus and species in Wyss et al., 1994
Mammalia - Astrapotheria
Wyss et al. 1993
"one taxon, unstudied"
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae
Litopterna indet. Ameghino 1889
listed as Litopterna incertae sedis; not included in Wyss et al. (1990)
Wyss et al. 1993
included under ?Adianthidae as gen. et sp. nov.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Bertrand et al. 2012 1 specimen
SGOPV 2935, dentary p4-m3, holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia
Wyss et al. 1993
listed as ?Dasyproctidae gen. et sp. nov.
    = Andemys termasi n. gen., n. sp. Bertrand et al. 2012
Bertrand et al. 2012
SGOPV 2933, dentary p4-m3, holotype, from "Locality Set 3"
see common names

Geography
Country:Chile
Coordinates: 35.0° South, 70.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.9° South, 63.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:2200 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Oligocene
Stage: Rupelian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4
Key time interval: Early Oligocene
Age range of interval: 33.9 - 27.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Abanico Member:La Gloria
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Flynn et al. (2003) estimate the age to be 31-33 Ma. It forms the basis for a new SALMA, the Tinguirirican. This is temporally equivalent to the "APS" level of the Gran Barranca.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,red or brown "volcaniclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: The Formation possibly represents lahar deposits.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,permineralized
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Associated major elements:many
Disassociated major elements:many
Disassociated minor elements:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:400 specimens
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH,SGOPV
Metadata
Also known as:Termas del Flaco; Locality A and B; Coya-Machalí
Database number:38072
Authorizer:D. Croft, C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra Enterer:D. Croft, J. Carrillo, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-04-08 17:38:09 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-08 17:38:09
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
10288. M. J. Novacek, A. R. Wyss, D. Frassinetti and P. Salinas. 1989. A new ?Eocene mammal fauna from the Andean Main Range. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3 Supp.):34A [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]

Secondary references:

58219 O. C. Bertrand, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft and A. R. Wyss. 2012. Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile). American Museum Novitates 3750:1-36 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Mannion]
62630 J. Bradham, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft and A. R. Wyss. 2015. New Notoungulates (Notostylopidae and Basal Toxodontians) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3841:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62632 A. A. Carlini, M. R. Ciancio, J. J. Flynn, G. J. Scillato-Yané, and A. R. Wyss. 2009. The phylogenetic and biostratigraphic significance of new armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae, Euphractinae) from the Tinguirirican (early Oligocene) of Chile. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(4):489-503 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10309 D. A. Croft. 2000. Archaeohyracidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Tinguiririca Fauna, central Chile, and the evolution and paleoecology of South American mammalian herbivores. [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10497 D. A. Croft, M. Bond, J. J. Flynn, M. Reguero, and A. R. Wyss. 2003. Large archaeohyracids (Typotheria, Notoungulata) from central Chile and Patagonia including a revision of Archaeotypotherium. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 49:1-38 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
44861 J. J. Flynn and A. W. Wyss. 1999. New Marsupials from the Eocene-Oligocene transition of the Andean main range, Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):533-549 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
10235 J. J. Flynn, A. R. Wyss, D. A. Croft and R. Charrier. 2003. The Tinguiririca Fauna, Chile: biochronology, paleoecology, biogeography, and a new earliest Oligocene South American Land Mammal "Age". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 195:229-259 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10307 R. Hitz, M. Reguero, A. R. Wyss and J. J. Flynn. 2000. New interatheriines (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) from the Paleogene of Central Chile and Southern Argentina. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 42:1-26 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
62629 R. B. Hitz, J. J. Flynn, and A. R. Wyss. 2006. New Basal Interatheriidae (Typotheria, Notoungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3520:1-32 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62631 M. C. McKenna, A. R. Wyss, and J. J. Flynn. 2006. Paleogene Pseudoglyptodont Xenarthrans from Central Chile and Argentine Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 3536:1-18 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10308 M. A. Reguero, D. A. Croft, J. J. Flynn and A. R. Wyss. 2003. Small archaeohyracids from Chubut Province, Argentina and central Chile: implications for trans-Andean temporal correlation. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 48:1-17 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10302 A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, M. A. Norell, C. C. Swisher, III, R. Charrier, M. J. Novacek, and M. C. McKenna. 1993. South America's earliest rodent and recognition of a new interval of mammalian evolution. Nature 365:434-437 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10286 A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, M. A. Norell, C. C. Swisher, III, M. J. Novacek, M. C. McKenna, and R. Charrier. 1994. Paleogene mammals from the Andes of central Chile: a preliminary taxonomic, biostratigraphic, and geochronologic assessment. American Museum Novitates 3098:1-31 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
66246 A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, and D. A. Croft. 2018. New Paleogene Notohippids and Leontiniids (Toxodontia; Notoungulata; Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3903:1-42 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10299 A. R. Wyss, M. A. Norell, J. J. Flynn, M. J. Novacek, R. Charrier, M. C. McKenna, C. C. Swisher, III, D. Frassinetti, P. Salinas and M. Jin. 1990. A new early Tertiary mammal fauna from central Chile: implications for Andean stratigraphy and tectonics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(4):518-522 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10306 A. R. Wyss, M. R. Norell, and J. J. Flynn. 1993. An exceptional archaeohyracid fauna from the Tinguiririca River valley of central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3 Supp.):64A [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]