La Cantera: Rupelian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Stegotheriini indet. (Ameghino 1889)
Carlini et al. 2010
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Archaeutatus aff. malaspinensis Ameghino 1902
Carlini et al. 2010
? Pachyzaedyus sp. Ameghino 1902
Carlini et al. 2010
synonym of Pseudeutatus
Barrancatatus sp. Carlini et al. 2010
Carlini et al. 2010
Meteutatus sp. Ameghino 1902
Carlini et al. 2005
Sadypus sp. Ameghino 1902
Carlini et al. 2005
synonym of Meteutatus
Sadypus tortuosus (Ameghino 1902)
Carlini et al. 2010 7 specimens
groups of osteoderms in MPEF PV
Meteutatus aff. lagenaformis (Ameghino 1897)
Carlini et al. 2010
Parutaetus ? chilensis Carlini et al. 2009
Carlini et al. 2010
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptatelinae indet. Castellanos 1932
Carlini et al. 2005
Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Maddenia lapidaria n. gen., n. sp. Kramarz and Bond 2009
Kramarz and Bond 2009 21 specimens
Holotype: MPEF PV 7735, a maxillary fragment with right P3-M3 and left M3, associated right P2 and left P3, and a probably associated partial upper canine. Para- types: MPEF PV 6113, incomplete right m1 or m2; MPEF PV 6145, isolated right M3; MPEF PV 6238a, isolated left M3; MPEF PV 6238b, right m1 or m2; MPEF PV 6254, left lower canine; MPEF PV 7013, left M2; MPEF PV 7082, right p3; MPEF PV 7508, right m2?; MPEF PV 7696a, left mandibular fragment with m1-m2, partial m3 and probably associated p4; MPEF PV 7696b, left m1; MPEF PV 7701, left mandibular fragment with p4-m3; MPEF PV 7707, three isolated upper canines; MPEF PV 7709, left mandibular frag- ment with m2-m3 and preserved condyle, angular, and coro- noid regions; MPEF PV 7724, two asociated upper canines (crushed); MPEF PV 7725a, left p4; MPEF PV7727, partial symphysis with left p3; MPEF PV 7732, right mandibular fragment with m1-m3 and the roots for p3 and p4; MPEF PV 7738, left mandibular fragment with p3-m3; MPEF PV 7774, small portion of symphysis with left canine; MPEF PV 7848, right mandibular fragment with m2-m3.
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Patagonhippus dukei n. sp. López et al. 2010
López et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF 6127, dentary, holotype
Patagonhippus canterensis n. gen., n. sp. López et al. 2010
López et al. 2010 27 specimens
maxillaries, dentaries, and isolated teeth in MPEF-PV
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae
Scarrittia barranquensis n. sp. Ribeiro et al. 2010
Ribeiro et al. 2010
Henricofilholia vucetichia n. sp. Ribeiro et al. 2010
Ribeiro et al. 2010 6 specimens
MPEF-PV 6129 (holotype, M1); MPEF-PV 7717 (paratype, dentary p3-m3); MPEF-PV 6135 (m2-3); MPEF-PV 6248 (m2); MPEF-PV 6269 (dentary m2-3); MPEF-PV 7700 (p2-m1)
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Prohegetotherium sp. Ameghino 1897
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Eopachyrucos pliciformis Simpson 1967
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Santiagorothia chiliensis Hitz et al. 2000
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae
Archaeotypotherium propheticus (Ameghino 1897)
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Archaeohyrax patagonicus Ameghino 1897
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Protarchaeohyrax gracilis (Roth 1904)
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Protarchaeohyrax minor Reguero et al. 2003
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Trachytherus sp. Ameghino 1889
Reguero and Prevosti 2010
Mammalia - Rodentia
Caviomorpha informal gen. et sp. indet. 3
Vucetich et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 7952 and 7953, DP4?
Caviomorpha informal gen. et sp. indet. 4
Vucetich et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 7956 and 7957, P4
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dasyproctidae
? Dasyproctidae indet. Gray 1825
Vucetich et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 7950, left M3
Mammalia - Rodentia
cf. Eobranisamys indet. Frailey and Campbell 2004
Vucetich et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 7800, m3; MPEF-PV 7949, m3
? Chinchilloidea indet. Bennett 1833
Vucetich et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 7951, fragment of upper molar
Draconomys verai n. gen., n. sp. Vucetich et al. 2010
Vucetich et al. 2010 11 specimens
MPEF-PV 7506 (holotype, mandible i, p4-m3); 7756 mandible m1-2; 7756a m2; 7756 nine isolated and fragmentary lower cheek teeth; 7947 m1 or m2; 7948 m1 or m2; 7799 p4; 7960 m1 or m2; 7961 m1 or m2; 7792 palate M2-3; 7946 M1 or M2; more fragmentary tooth remains
? Vallehermosomys merlinae n. sp. Vucetich et al. 2010
Vucetich et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 7954, holotype, right M3
Vallehermosomys mazzonii n. gen., n. sp. Vucetich et al. 2010
Vucetich et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 7955, holotype, left M3
Mammalia - Paucituberculata
Evolestes sp. Goin et al. 2007
Goin et al. 2010 19 specimens
MPEF-PV, isolated teeth and dentary fragments
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Pilchenia intermedia n. sp. Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 38 specimens
MPEF-PV 3836 (M2, holotype), isolated teeth and dentary fragments
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Palaeothentidae indet. Sinclair 1906
Goin et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 3838 m1 trigonid, 3843 m2
Trelewthentes rothi n. gen., n. sp. Bown and Fleagle 1993
Bown and Fleagle 1993
Holotype: MACN CH- 1369, p3-m1
Palaeothentes marshalli n. gen., n. sp. Bown and Fleagle 1993
Bown and Fleagle 1993
Holotype: MACN CH- 1325 mandibular fragment
Palaeothentes migueli n. gen., n. sp. Bown and Fleagle 1993
Bown and Fleagle 1993
Holotype, MACN CH-1338 mandibular fragment
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Pichipilidae
Pichipilidae indet. Marshall 1980
Goin et al. 2010 4 specimens
MPEF-PV 3828 dentary m2, 3910 m?3, 3848 M2 or M3, 3890 M2 or M3
Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae
Eomicrobiotherium matutinum Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 3872 M3
Mammalia - Rosendolopidae
Hondonadia parca n. sp. Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 17 specimens
MPEF-PV 3823 (M2, holotype), isolated teeth and one dentary fragment, 4 tentatively referred teeth
Hondonadia cf. pumila Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 4 specimens
MPEF-PV 3861 M1, 3915 M2 fragment, 3809 m2, 3826 mx
Rosendolops cf. ebaios Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 1 specimen
Tentatively referred: MPEF-PV 3917, left mx
Mammalia
Epiklohnia verticalis n. gen., n. sp. Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 8 specimens
MPEF-PV 3837 (m1, hootype), isolated teeth
Mammalia - Polydolopidae
Kramadolops maximus n. sp. Goin et al. 2010
Goin et al. 2010 2 specimens
MPEF-PV 4500 dentary p3-m2, 4501 M1
Mammalia - Sparassodonta
Pharsophorus cf. lacerans Ameghino 1897
Goin et al. 2010 1 specimen
MPEF-PV 4190, dentary with c-m4
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Chubut
Coordinates: 45.7° South, 68.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° South, 60.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian Mammal zone: Canteran
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sarmiento Member:Upper Puesto Almendra
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 3 of the Upper Puesto Almendra Member at Gran Barranca, Chubut.

Represents an interval between the Tinguirirican and Deseadan SALMAs - Rupelian, medial Oligocene (Woodburne et al. 2014).

Bown and Fleagle, 1993: La Cantera in the upper part of the Colhuehuapian (latest Oligocene or earliest Miocene)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:GBV-19, Gran Barranca Fauna de "La Cantera"
Database number:176201
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-31 21:49:32 Last modified:2020-09-19 09:54:35
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-31 21:49:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57837. R. H. Madden, R. F. Kay, M. G. Vucetich and A. A. Carlini. 2010. Gran Barranca: a twenty-three million year record of Middle-Cenozoic faunal evolution in Patagonia. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 423-439 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]

Secondary references:

73037 T. M. Bown and J. G. Fleagle. 1993. Systematics, Biostratigraphy, and Dental Evolution of the Palaeothentidae, Later Oligocene to Early-Middle Miocene (Deseadan-Santacrucian) Caenolestoid Marsupials of South America. Memoir (The Paleontological Society) 29:1-76 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
73071 A. A. Carlini, M. Cancio, and G. J. Scillato-Yané. 2005. Los Xenarthra de Gran Barranca: Más de 20 Ma de historia. Actas del XVI Congreso Geológico Argentino. La Plata 2005 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
57869 A. A. Carlini, M. R. Ciancio, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 2010. Middle Eocene-Early Miocene Dasypodidae (Xenarthra) of southern South America: biostratigraphy and palaeoecology. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 106-129 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Mannion]
57847 F. J. Goin, M. A. Abello, and L. Chornogubsky. 2010. Middle Tertiary marsupials from central Patagonia (early Oligocene of Gran Barranca): understanding South America's Grande Coupure. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 69-105 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
58105 A. G. Kramarz and M. Bond. 2009. A new Oligocene astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from Patagonia and a new appraisal of astrapothere phylogeny. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(1):117-128 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
57896 G. M. López, A. M. Ribeiro, and M. Bond. 2010. The Notohippidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from Gran Barranca: preliminary considerations. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 143-151 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
58079 M. A. Reguero and F. J. Prevosti. 2010. Rodent-like notoungulates (Typotheria) from Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina: phylogeny and systematics. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 148-165 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
57906 A. M. Ribeiro, G. M. López, and M. Bond. 2010. The Leontiniidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Sarmiento Formation at Gran Barranca, Chubut Province, Argentina. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 170-181 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]
57932 M. G. Vucetich, E. C. Vieytes, M. E. Pérez and A. A. Carlini. 2010. The rodents from La Cantera and the early evolution of caviomorphs in South America. In R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay (eds.), The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia 189-201 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]