Cantera del Puerto Viejo: Tortonian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Arcidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pectinidae indet.
Wilkes 1810
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Nuculanidae indet.
Adams and Adams 1858
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Myliobatidae
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Myliobatidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Myliobatiformes
- Dasyatidae
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Dasyatidae indet.
Jordan 1888
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Chondrichthyes
- Heterodontiformes
- Heterodontidae
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Heterodontidae indet.
Gray 1851
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Chondrichthyes
- Squatinidae
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Squatinidae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
- Rajidae
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Rajidae indet.
Blainville 1816
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Carcharhinidae
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Carcharhinidae indet.
Jordan and Evermann 1896
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Hemigaleidae
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Hemigaleidae indet.
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Chondrichthyes
- Carcharhiniformes
- Sphyrnidae
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Sphyrnidae indet.
Gill 1872
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspidae indet.
(Müller and Henle 1839)
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corrected as Odontaspididae | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Lamnidae indet.
Müller and Henle 1838
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodontidae indet.
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Chondrichthyes
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Holocephali indet.
(Bonaparte 1832)
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Physeteroidea indet.
Gray 1868
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1 specimen | ||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Sciaenidae indet.
(Cuvier 1828)
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original and current combination Sciaenoidei | |||||||
Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ariidae
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Ariidae indet.
Berg 1958
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Entre Rios |
Coordinates: | 31.7° South, 60.6° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.9° South, 58.1° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | grainstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: shell bed; bioclastic grainstone | |
Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Glacial or sequence phase: | regressive |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 128628 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-06-14 00:28:27 | Last modified: | 2012-06-13 09:28:27 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-06-14 00:28:27 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
41999. | L. M. Perez, A. L. Cione, M. Cozzuol and A. N. Varela. 2011. A sperm whale (Cetacea: Physeteroidea) from the Parana Formation (Late Miocene) of Entre Rios, Argentina. Environment and taphonomy. Ameghiniana 48(4):648-654 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |