Río Rosario-Horcones (Pliocene to of Argentina)

Also known as Horcones

Where: Salta, Argentina (25.7° S, 64.9° W: paleocoordinates 25.8° S, 64.1° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Piquete Formation (Orán Group), Pliocene to Pliocene (5.3 - 0.8 Ma)

• Jujuy subgroup

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Barrios. 2013. Presencia de Caiman latirostris (Daudin, 1802) (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) en la Formación Piquete (Plioceno–Pleistoceno temprano) de la Provincia de Salta, Argentina implicancias paleoambientales y sistemáticas. Ameghiniana 50(5):522-534 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174226: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 05.11.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Caiman latirostris Daudin 1801 broud-snouted caiman
MAS-PALEO-Rosario de la Frontera 001/ 2011 (skull, mandibles and postcrania)