Where: Chubut, Argentina (39.8° S, 70.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.3° S, 60.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Casamayoran (56.0 - 48.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, green claystone and white tuff
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by G. G. Simpson; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: B. Schaeffer. 1949. Anurans from the early Tertiary of Patagonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93(2):44-68 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49848: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 28.04.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Eophractus casamayorensis n. gen. n. sp.
Eophractus casamayorensis n. gen. n. sp. Schaeffer 1949 frog |