Where: La Paz, Bolivia (17.1° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° S, 61.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)
• The precise stratigraphic level of V-5 is unknown, but was likely in the upper regions, above the Principle Guide (Unit 4), probably from either Unit 5 or Unit 6 (Shockey 2017).
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: B. Patterson and L. G. Marshall. 1978. The Deseadan, Early Oligocene, Marsupialia of South America. Fieldiana Geology 41(2):1-100 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Wertheim]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 14209: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 23.05.2002, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Ronwolffia pacifica n. gen. n. sp.
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Notogale mitis Ameghino 1897 metatherian |