Also known as Proterocara argentina type locality

Where: Salta, Argentina (25.3° S, 65.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 55.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Faja Verde II Member (Lumbrera Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• Subgroup: Santa Barabara

•Fernicola et al. 2021: new 238U-206Pb isochron age (46.2 Ma) obtained from samples taken on various independent points across paleosol and matrix positioned at the top of the lower section of the Lumbrera Formation. The new age is consistent with the hyperthermal scheme and constrains the deposition of the lower section of the Lumbrera Fm. between 55–46.2 Ma. Subsequently, the upper sections of the Lumbrera Formation are now constrained between 46 and 40 Ma (Lutetian) (see Fernicola et al. 2021: New assemblage of cingulates)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; fine-grained sandstone and gray claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Cecilia Del Papa

Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,

• Repository: Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta, Argentina (CNS-V)

Primary reference: M. C. Malabarba, O. Zuleta, and C. D. Papa. 2006. Proterocara argentina, a New Fossil Cichlid from the Lumbrera Formation, Eocene of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 26(2):267-275 [S. Peters/S. McMullen/S. McMullen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 134349: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 08.10.2012

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