Playa Santa Isabel, south: Early Miocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Chondrichthyes
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Reptilia
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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unclassified
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea ? hatcheri
(Ihering 1899)
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 43.4° South, 65.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.0° South, 61.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.04 - 15.98 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 80914 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-05-20 11:29:36 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-05-20 11:29:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27227. | C. Acosta Hospitaleche, L. Castro, C. Tambussi and R. A. Scasso. 2008. Palaeospheniscus patagonicus (Aves, Sphenisciformes): New disoveries from the early Miocene of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 82(3):565-575 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |