PBDB Collection

Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Parana Fm.: Serravallian, Argentina

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae

	Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae

	Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae

	Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae

	Carcharias acutissima (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

	Isurus hastalis (Agassiz 1838)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae

	Carcharocles megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae

	Potamotrygonidae indet.
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae

	Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

	Myliobatoidea indet.
Chondrichthyes - Squalidae

	Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Chondrichthyes - Squatinidae

	Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806
Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae

	Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

	Dioplotherium sp. Cope 1883
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae

	Periptychus argentinus n. sp. Ameghino 1893	Muizon and Bond 1982

	Monachinae indet. Trouessart 1897	Muizon and Hendey 1980	1 specimen
	species A
	= Properiptychus argentinus Ameghino 1893	Muizon and Bond 1982
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

	Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cetacea - Pontoporiidae

	Pontistes rectifrons (Bravard 1858)
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Prionodelphis rovereti n. gen., n. sp. Frenguelli 1922	Frenguelli 1922	2 specimens
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

	Balaenidae indet. (Gray 1821)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenopteridae

	cf. Balaenoptera sp. Lacépède 1804
	"tentatively referred to the genus Balaenoptera"
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae

	Protautoga longidens Alessandri 1896
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae

	? Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)

	Chrysophrys sp. (Cuvier 1829)
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae

	Sciaenidae indet. (Cuvier 1828)
see common names

Country:	Argentina	State/province:	Entre Rios
Coordinates:	31.4° South, 60.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	31.0° South, 57.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	local area

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Serravallian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Serravallian
Age range of interval:	13.82 - 11.63 m.y. ago

Formation:	Parana
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation
Stratigraphy comments: Age from Cozzuol (2006).

Primary lithology:	mudstone
Secondary lithology:	sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	estuary/bay
Geology comments: some wetland, estuarine-barrier shoreface, carbonaceous silt

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Database number:	55599
Authorizer:	M. Uhen	Enterer:	M. Uhen
Modifier:	M. Kouvari
Created:	2005-11-01 12:42:30	Last modified:	2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-11-01 12:42:30
Creative Commons license:	CC0

19222		M. A. Cozzuol. 2006. The Acre vertebrate fauna: Age, diversity, and geography. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 21:185-203 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12474		J. Frenguelli. 1922. Prionodelphis rovereti, un representante de la familia "Squalodontidae" en la Paranesse superior de Entre Rios. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 25:491-500 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
34716		C. Muizon and M. Bond. 1982. Le Phocidae (Mammalia) de la Formation Parana (Entre Rios, Argentine). Bulletin de Musee de Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4th ser, section C 4(3-4):165-207 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
5392	ETE 1121	C. Muizon and Q.B. Hendey. 1980. Late Tertiary seals of the South Atlantic Ocean. Annals of the South African Museum 82(3):91-128 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]