PBDB Collection

Tinguiririca Locality Sets 1 & 2: Early/Lower Oligocene, Chile

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Astrapotheria

	Astrapotheria indet. Lydekker 1894	Wyss et al. 1993
	"one taxon, unstudied"
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notostylopidae

	Notostylopidae indet. Ameghino 1897
	= Chilestylops davidsoni n. gen., n. sp. Bradham et al. 2015	Bradham et al. 2015
	SGOPV 2906 - holotype
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeohyracidae

	Archaeohyracidae informal new taxon D	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Archaeohyracidae informal NewGenusA newspeciesb	Croft 2000
	= Archaeotypotherium pattersoni n. sp. Croft et al. 2003	Croft et al. 2003

	Archaeohyracidae informal new taxon A	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Archaeohyracidae informal NewGenusA newspeciesa	Croft 2000
	= Archaeotypotherium tinguiriricaense n. sp. Croft et al. 2003	Croft et al. 2003

	Interatheriinae informal sp. nov. B Simpson 1945	Wyss et al. 1990
	= Archaeohyracidae informal NewGenusB newspeciesd	Croft 2000
	= Protarchaeohyrax intermedium n. sp. Reguero et al. 2003	Reguero et al. 2003

	? Bryanpattersonia sp. Simpson 1967
	= Archaeohyracidae indet. Ameghino 1897	Wyss et al. 1990
	= cf. Bryanpattersonia sulcidens Ameghino 1902	Wyss et al. 1993
	listed as 'Bryanpattersonia sulcidens' to "reflect nomenclatural problems detailed in work in progress"
	= Protarchaeohyrax n. gen. gracilis Roth 1904	Reguero et al. 2003

	Archaeohyracidae informal new taxon C	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Pseudhyrax informal sp. Ameghino 1901	Croft et al. 2003

	Pseudhyrax sp. Ameghino 1901
	= Pseudhyrax informal n. sp.	Wyss et al. 1990
	= Pseudhyrax cf. eutrachytheroides Ameghino 1901	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Pseudhyrax eutrachytheroides Ameghino 1901	Croft et al. 2003

	Archaeohyracidae informal new taxon B	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Archaeohyracidae informal NewGenusC newspeciese	Croft 2000
	= Pseudhyrax cf. eutrachytheroides Ameghino 1901	Croft et al. 2003

	Pseudhyrax informal smaller morph	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Pseudhyrax sp. Ameghino 1901	Croft 2000
	= Pseudhyrax strangulatus Ameghino 1901	Croft et al. 2003
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

	Johnbell hatcheri Hitz et al. 2006	Hitz et al. 2006
	SGOPV 2902, 2910 and 5001

	Interatheriinae informal sp. nov. A Simpson 1945	Wyss et al. 1990
	= Santiagorothia chiliensis n. gen., n. sp. Hitz et al. 2000	Hitz et al. 2000
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae

	Trigonolophodon cf. elegans Roth 1904	Wyss et al. 1993
	SGOPV 2820
Mammalia - Notoungulata

	Eomorphippus cf. pascuali Simpson 1967	Wyss et al. 1993
	recombined as Rosendo pascuali
	listed as 'Eomorphippus' due to 'nomenclatural problems detailed in work in progress'
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

	Termastherium flacoensis n. gen., n. sp. Wyss et al. 2018	Wyss et al. 2018
	SGOPV 2987 - holotype; paratypes: SGOPV 2886, 2996, 3015; referred specimens: SGOPV 2883, 2919, 3008, 3064, 3091
Mammalia - Notoungulata

	Notohippidae indet. Ameghino 1894
	= Rhynchippinae n. gen. informal new taxon B	Wyss et al. 1993
	listed as "new taxon B"
	= Eomorphippus neilopdykei n. sp. Wyss et al. 2018	Wyss et al. 2018
	SGOPV 2855 - type; paratype: SGOPV 3071

	Eomorphippus sp. n. sp. Ameghino 1901	Wyss et al. 1993
	= Eomorphippus bondi n. sp. Wyss et al. 2018	Wyss et al. 2018
	SGOPV 3046 - type; paratype: SGOPV 2891; tentatively referred specimen: SGOPV 3085

	Periphragnis sp. Roth 1899
	SGOPV 2797, 2798 and 2911

	Periphragnis vicentei n. sp. Bradham et al. 2015	Bradham et al. 2015
	SGOPV 3107 - type
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

	Rhyphodon sp. Roth 1899	Wyss et al. 1990
	listed as Isotemnidae inc. sed. in Wyss et al., 1993a
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae

	Rhynchippinae informal new taxon A	Wyss et al. 1993
	'Rhynchippinae' new taxon A (quotation marks due to likely paraphyletic status of subfamily); listed as new taxon A
	= Notohippidae indet. Ameghino 1894	Wyss et al. 2018
	invalid subgroup of Toxodontia
	SGOPV 3004 and 3062
Mammalia - Notoungulata

	Notopithecinae indet. (Ameghino 1897)	Wyss et al. 1990
	spelled with current rank as Notopithecidae
	listed as "Notopithecinae" new genus and species in Wyss et al., 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

	Eoviscaccia frassinettii n. sp. Bertrand et al. 2012	Bertrand et al. 2012	1 specimen
	SGOPV 2935, dentary p4-m3, holotype
Mammalia - Rodentia

	Dasyproctidae informal gen. et sp. nov.	Wyss et al. 1993
	listed as ?Dasyproctidae gen. et sp. nov.
	= Andemys termasi n. gen., n. sp. Bertrand et al. 2012	Bertrand et al. 2012
	SGOPV 2933, dentary p4-m3, holotype, from "Locality Set 3"
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae

	Litopterna indet. Ameghino 1889
	listed as Litopterna incertae sedis; not included in Wyss et al. (1990)
	= Indaleciinae n. gen. indet. Bond and Vucetich 1983	Wyss et al. 1993
	included under ?Adianthidae as gen. et sp. nov.
Mammalia

	Pseudoglyptodon sp. n. sp. Engelmann 1987	Wyss et al. 1990
	= Pseudoglyptodon chilensis n. sp. McKenna et al. 2006	McKenna et al. 2006
	SGO PV 2995 - type; referred specimen: SGO PV 2999
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

	Dasypodidae indet. (Gray 1821)
	listed as Dasypodidae incertae sedis
	= Parutaetus chilensis n. sp. Carlini et al. 2009	Carlini et al. 2009
	SGOPV 3122 - type

	Meteutatus tinguiririquensis n. sp. Carlini et al. 2009	Carlini et al. 2009
	recombined as Barrancatatus tinguiririquensis
	SGOPV 2841 - type
Mammalia

	Tardigrada indet. Latham and Davies 1795	Wyss et al. 1990
	replaced by Folivora
	listed as Tardigrada incertae sedis; not included in subsequent publications
Mammalia - Argyrolagidae

	Groeberiidae indet. Patterson 1952
	?Groeberiidae; query removed in Wyss et al., 1990; query added back in Wyss et al., 1994
	= Klohnia charrieri n. gen., n. sp. Flynn and Wyss 1999	Flynn and Wyss 1999
	SGOPV 2993, mandible p3-m3, holotype; SGOPV 2867, m1-2; 2870, p3-m3; 2925, m2, m3; 2997, p3-m3; tentatively 2952, maxillay M1-3

	Argyrolagidae indet. Ameghino 1904	Wyss et al. 1990
	query added in Wyss et al., 1994
	= Klohnia charrieri Flynn and Wyss 1999	Flynn and Wyss 1999
	SGOPV 28760, tentatively assigned to _Klohnia_
Mammalia - Rosendolopidae

	Didelphimorphia indet. Gill 1872	Wyss et al. 1993
	listed as Didelphimorphia incertae sedis
	= Pascualdelphys fierroensis n. gen., n. sp. Flynn and Wyss 1999	Flynn and Wyss 1999
	SGOPV 2944, mandible, holotype
Mammalia - Polydolopidae

	Polydolops abanicoi n. sp. Flynn and Wyss 1999	Flynn and Wyss 1999
	recombined as Kramadolops abanicoi
	(11 measurements)
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Borhyaenidae

	? Borhyaenidae indet. Savage 1951
	not included in subsequent publications
see common names

Geography

Country:	Chile
Coordinates:	35.0° South, 70.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	36.9° South, 62.6° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Altitude:	2200 meters
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Oligocene
Stage:	Rupelian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:	Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:	33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Abanico	Member:	La Gloria
Stratigraphic resolution:	group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Flynn et al. (2003) estimate the age to be 31-33 Ma. It forms the basis for a new SALMA, the Tinguirirican. This is temporally equivalent to the "APS" level of the Gran Barranca.

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	fine,red or brown "volcaniclastic"
Includes fossils?	Y
Environment:	terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: The Formation possibly represents lahar deposits.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,permineralized
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:	some
Associated major elements:	many
Disassociated major elements:	many
Disassociated minor elements:	many
Temporal resolution:	time-averaged
Spatial resolution:	parautochthonous

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Collection size:	400 specimens
Reason for describing collection:	biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:	FMNH,SGOPV

Metadata

Also known as:	Termas del Flaco; Locality A and B; Coya-Machalí
Database number:	38072
Authorizer:	D. Croft, P. Mannion, C. Jaramillo, J. Zijlstra	Enterer:	D. Croft, J. Zijlstra, J. Carrillo, P. Mannion
Modifier:	P. Mannion	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2004-04-08 17:38:09	Last modified:	2017-07-03 09:35:44
Access level:	the public	Released:	2004-04-08 17:38:09
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

10288.

M. J. Novacek, A. R. Wyss, D. Frassinetti and P. Salinas. 1989. A new ?Eocene mammal fauna from the Andean Main Range. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(3 Supp.):34A [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]

Secondary references:

58219		O. C. Bertrand, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft and A. R. Wyss. 2012. Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile). American Museum Novitates 3750:1-36 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Mannion]
62630		J. Bradham, J. J. Flynn, D. A. Croft and A. R. Wyss. 2015. New Notoungulates (Notostylopidae and Basal Toxodontians) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3841:1-24 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62632		A. A. Carlini, M. R. Ciancio, J. J. Flynn, G. J. Scillato-Yané, and A. R. Wyss. 2009. The phylogenetic and biostratigraphic significance of new armadillos (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Dasypodidae, Euphractinae) from the Tinguirirican (early Oligocene) of Chile. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7(4):489-503 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10309		D. A. Croft. 2000. Archaeohyracidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Tinguiririca Fauna, central Chile, and the evolution and paleoecology of South American mammalian herbivores. [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10497		D. A. Croft, M. Bond, J. J. Flynn, M. Reguero, and A. R. Wyss. 2003. Large archaeohyracids (Typotheria, Notoungulata) from central Chile and Patagonia including a revision of Archaeotypotherium. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 49:1-38 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
44861		J. J. Flynn and A. W. Wyss. 1999. New Marsupials from the Eocene-Oligocene transition of the Andean main range, Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):533-549 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
10235		J. J. Flynn, A. R. Wyss, D. A. Croft and R. Charrier. 2003. The Tinguiririca Fauna, Chile: biochronology, paleoecology, biogeography, and a new earliest Oligocene South American Land Mammal "Age". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 195:229-259 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10307		R. Hitz, M. Reguero, A. R. Wyss and J. J. Flynn. 2000. New interatheriines (Interatheriidae, Notoungulata) from the Paleogene of Central Chile and Southern Argentina. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 42:1-26 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
62629		R. B. Hitz, J. J. Flynn, and A. R. Wyss. 2006. New Basal Interatheriidae (Typotheria, Notoungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleogene of Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3520:1-32 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62631		M. C. McKenna, A. R. Wyss, and J. J. Flynn. 2006. Paleogene Pseudoglyptodont Xenarthrans from Central Chile and Argentine Patagonia. American Museum Novitates 3536:1-18 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10308		M. A. Reguero, D. A. Croft, J. J. Flynn and A. R. Wyss. 2003. Small archaeohyracids from Chubut Province, Argentina and central Chile: implications for trans-Andean temporal correlation. Fieldiana: Geology (New Series) 48:1-17 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10302		A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, M. A. Norell, C. C. Swisher, III, R. Charrier, M. J. Novacek, and M. C. McKenna. 1993. South America's earliest rodent and recognition of a new interval of mammalian evolution. Nature 365:434-437 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10286		A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, M. A. Norell, C. C. Swisher, III, M. J. Novacek, M. C. McKenna, and R. Charrier. 1994. Paleogene mammals from the Andes of central Chile: a preliminary taxonomic, biostratigraphic, and geochronologic assessment. American Museum Novitates 3098:1-31 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
66246		A. R. Wyss, J. J. Flynn, and D. A. Croft. 2018. New Paleogene Notohippids and Leontiniids (Toxodontia; Notoungulata; Mammalia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca Fauna of the Andean Main Range, Central Chile. American Museum Novitates 3903:1-42 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
10299		A. R. Wyss, M. A. Norell, J. J. Flynn, M. J. Novacek, R. Charrier, M. C. McKenna, C. C. Swisher, III, D. Frassinetti, P. Salinas and M. Jin. 1990. A new early Tertiary mammal fauna from central Chile: implications for Andean stratigraphy and tectonics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(4):518-522 [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]
10306		A. R. Wyss, M. R. Norell, and J. J. Flynn. 1993. An exceptional archaeohyracid fauna from the Tinguiririca River valley of central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3 Supp.):64A [D. Croft/D. Croft/D. Croft]