Cerro Verde lower level (Eocene of Argentina)

Also known as Western margin of CaƱadon Hondo; Rocas Gemelas

Where: Chubut, Argentina (45.4° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 47.8° S, 58.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Casamayoran mammal zone, Sarmiento Formation, Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; tabular, green tuff

• Greenish tabular tuff

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Pol, J. M. Leardi, A. Lecuona and M. Krause. 2012. Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2):328-354 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142929: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 18.04.2013, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Hydromedusa casamayorensis1 de la Fuente and Bona 2002 sideneck turtle
 Testudinata - Meiolaniidae
Gaffneylania auricularis n. gen. n. sp.2
Gaffneylania auricularis n. gen. n. sp.2 Sterli et al. 2015 turtle
MPEF-PV 10556 - holotype (basicranium and other skull remains, almost complete lower jaw, carapacial and plastral remains, third cervical vertebra, four caudal vertebrae, complete left humerus, proximal end of right humerus, distal end of left ulna, femoral head, distal end of tibia, and several osteoderms); referred specimens: MPEF-PV 10557, carapacial remains; MPEF-PV 10558, carapacial remains; MPEFPV 10559, carapacial remains; MPEF-PV 10560, 3rd cervical vertebra; MPEF-PV 10561, proximal end of right humerus; MPEF-PV 10571, osteoderm and shell fragment; MPEF-PV 1778-1, axis; MPEF-PV 1778-2, proximal caudal vertebra
 Loricata - Sebecidae
Sebecus icaeorhinus Simpson 1937 crocodilian
MPEF-PV 3970, cervical 3; MPEF-PV 3971, cervical 8; MPEF-PV 3972, proximal coracoid, distal humerus, proximal femur, astragali, and calcaneum belonging to at least two different individuals