Vaca Mahuida Facies IV-US3 (Vertebrates): Eocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
    = Shelania laurenti n. sp. Baez and Pugener 1998
Baez and Pugener 1998
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Presbyornithidae
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
    = Presbyornithidae indet. Wetmore 1926
Tambussi and Noriega 1998
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:La Pampa
Coordinates: 37.8° South, 66.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.3° South, 56.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval: Eocene
Age range of interval: 56 - 33.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,gray sandstone
Secondary lithology:fine,tuffaceous,gray sandstone
Lithology description: Fine reddish-gray massive slightly consolidated sandstone and fine tuffaceous sandstone
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:45418
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Wertheim
Modifier:J. Wertheim Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-10-21 14:47:16 Last modified:2005-02-22 17:18:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-10-21 14:47:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11826. R. Melchor, S. Casadio, and G. Visconti. 1992. Analisis estratigrafico secuencial de los depositos lacustres Eocenos de la Formacion Vaca Mahuida, SO de la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Cuarta Reunion Argentina de Sedimentologia 1:151-158 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]

Secondary references:

11767 A. M. Baez and L. A. Pugener. 1998. A new Paleogene pipid frog from northwestern Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):511-524 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]
11768 C.P. Tambussi and J.I. Noriega. 1998. Registro de Presbiornitidos (Aves, Anseriformes) en sedimentitas de la Formacion Vaca Mahuida, La Pampa, Argentina. Asociacion Paleontologica Argentina Publicacion Especial 5:51-54 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]