La Flecha, type locality of the Deseadan SALMA: Deseadan, Argentina
collected by Carlos Ameghino
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Deseadognathus riggsi n. gen., n. sp.
Carlini and Scillato-Yané 2004
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| FMNH P13558 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 47.9° South, 66.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.0° South, 58.5° West |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 |
| Key time interval: | Deseadan |
| Age range of interval: | 28.9 - 20.9 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 24.1 Ma (other) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | mudstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | species names |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Carlos Ameghino |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Chafee Locality 10 Rio Deseado | ||
| Database number: | 220634 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-06-11 11:31:23 | Last modified: | 2021-06-11 11:31:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-06-11 11:31:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50187. | A. A. Carlini and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2004. The oldest Megalonychidae (Xenarthra: Tardigrada); phylogenetic relationships and an emended diagnosis of the family. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 233:423-443 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |