Where: La Paz, Bolivia (17.0° S, 67.0° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° S, 61.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sala Beds Formation, Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)
• "The [two] argyrolagid specimens come from stratigraphic levels 5 or 6 at Tapial Pampa."
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Primates are present in stratigraphic level ("Unit") 5, and these "units are among the richest faunal levels in the Salla Beds."
Primary reference: M. R. Sanchez-Villagra and R. F. Kay. 1997. A skull of Proargyrolagus, the oldest argyrolagid (late Oligocene Salla Beds, Bolivia), with brief comments concerning its paleobiology . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17(4):717-724 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 13081: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 18.01.2002, edited by Darin Croft, Andrés Cárdenas and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Proargyrolagus bolivianus Wolff 1984 metatherian |