Rio Chico - RCH 018S: Colloncuran, Argentina
collected by Museo de La Plata and the Duke University 1990-1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Guiomys unica
Pérez 2010
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Pérez 2010 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| MLP 91-IX-4–3, left mandible with p4–m1; MLP 91-IX- 4–2, right mandible with p4–m2; MLP 91-IX-4–1, palate with both dental series. | ||||||||||
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cf. Microcardiodon williensis
Pérez and Vucetich 2011
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Pérez and Vucetich 2011 | |||||||||
| MLP 91-V-1-88 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
- Thylacosmilidae
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Patagosmilus goini n. gen., n. sp.
Forasiepi and Carlini 2010
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Río Negro |
| Coordinates: | 41.7° South, 70.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.3° South, 66.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 850 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Colloncuran | Mammal zone: | Colloncuran |
| Age range of interval: | 15.40000 - 13.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Collón Curá |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | MLP | ||
| Collectors: | Museo de La Plata and the Duke University | Collection dates: | 1990-1993 |
| Collection method comments: During fieldwork, the outcrops were subdivided into northern (Duke University/MLP Fossil Localities RCH-018 and RCH-018N) and southern exposures (RCH-018S). The specimen of Patagosmilus comes from the latter. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 142148 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, J. Zijlstra | Enterer: | J. Carrillo, J. Zijlstra |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-06 05:38:28 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 07:04:04 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2014-04-06 05:38:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46175. | A. M. Forasiepi and A. A. Carlini. 2010. A new thylacosmilid (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta) from the Miocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Zootaxa 2552:55-68 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |
Secondary references:
| 43074 | M. E. Pérez. 2010. A new rodent (Cavioidea, Hystricognathi) from the middle Miocene of Patagonia, mandibular homologies, and the origin of the crown group Cavioidea sensu stricto. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1848-1859 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cárdenas/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 46343 | M. E. Pérez and M. G. Vucetich. 2011. A new Extinct Genus of Cavioidea (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina) and the Evolution of Cavoid Mandibular Morphology. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18(3):163-183 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |