Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.5° S, 71.9° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° S, 66.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Santa Cruz Formation, Santacrucian (17.5 - 16.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: "Few and small collections have been made."
Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Background for a paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene) on the Atlantic Coast of Patagonia. In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 1-22 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176598: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 17.02.2016, edited by Grace Varnham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cladosictis patagonica5 Ameghino 1887 metatherian PU 15556, partial humerus; PU 15705, skull and skeleton fragments; PU 15831, fragmentary skull and postcrania; PU 15837, fragmentary skull and postcrania (all Lake Pueyrredón)
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Hapalops platycephalus1 Scott 1903 edentate YPM-VPPU 15536, postcrania; 15564, skull and postcrania; both Lago Pueyrredón
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"Anisolophus australis" = Proterotherium australe2, "Tetramerorhinus mixtum" = Proterotherium australe4
"Anisolophus australis" = Proterotherium australe2 Burmeister 1879 placental YPM-VPPU 15711, cranium, femur, tibia (Lago Pueyrredón)
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Psilopterus bachmanni3 Moreno and Mercerat 1891 terror bird YPM-VPPU 15904, almost complete skeleton, Lago Pueyrredón
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