Where: Chubut, Argentina (42.6° S, 69.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.0° S, 65.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Colloncuran mammal zone, Collon Cura Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• In general terms, in the area of study the Collón Curá Formation (middle Miocene) overlies conformably and unconformably the La Pava (late lower Miocene) Formation and is unconformably overlaid by the Río Negro Formation (Miocene-Pliocene).

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• LIEB-PV, Laboratorio de Investigaciones en Evolución y Biodiversidad, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales sede Esquel, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia “San Juan Bosco”, Esquel, Chubut province, Argentina

Primary reference: C. Oriozabala, J. Sterli, and L. Gonzalez Ruiz. 2018. Morphology of the mid-sized tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from the Middle Miocene of Northwestern Chubut. Ameghiniana 55(1):30-54 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 186562: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 26.06.2017

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