Punta Sur (Miocene of Argentina)

Also known as Cañadón del Indio

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (51.0° S, 69.2° W: paleocoordinates 51.6° S, 63.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Background for a paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia. In S. F. Vizcaí­no, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 1-22 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176577: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016, edited by Miranta Kouvari

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
Myrceugenia chubutense1
Myrceugenia chubutense1 Ragonese 1980 myrtle
MPM-PB 4387, stem or trunk piece of wood
Angiospermae
 Oxalidales - Cunoniaceae
Eucryphiaceoxylon eucryphioides1
Eucryphiaceoxylon eucryphioides1 Poole et al. 2001
MPM-PB 4391, wood
 Fagales - Nothofagaceae
Nothofagoxylon triseriatum1
Nothofagoxylon triseriatum1 Torres and Lemoigne 1988
MPM-PB 4392, wood
 Fabales - Fabaceae
aff. Faboideae "Xilotype 3"1
aff. Faboideae "Xilotype 3"1 legume
MPM-PB 4390, similar to "Xilotype 3" of Pujana, 2008
 Proteales - Proteaceae
Doroteoxylon vicentiperezii1
Doroteoxylon vicentiperezii1 Nishida et al. 1989
MPM-PB 4381-4384, wood
 Laurales - Lauraceae
"Laurinoxylon atlanticum" = Ulminium atlanticum1
"Laurinoxylon atlanticum" = Ulminium atlanticum1 Romero 1970 laurel
MPM-PB 4384-4386, 4393, wood
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucaria marensii1
Araucaria marensii1 Cantrill and Poole 2005
MPM-PB 4388, twig wood
Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Interatherium sp.2
Interatherium sp.2 Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
El espécimen asignado a Interatherium sp. [1374] procede del Cañadón del Indio, de un estrato de toba blanca maciza, el cual es correlacionable litoestratigráficamente con el NF 3
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Vetelia puncta3
Vetelia puncta3 Ameghino 1891 armadillo
MPM-PV 3652, osteoderm
1Brea et al. 2012; 2Tauber 1997; 3Vizcaíno et al. 2012