Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.8° S, 58.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° S, 57.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• Puelchense
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected in 1933-1935
Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1949. El puelchense de Buenos Aires y su fauna (Plioceno Medio) segunda parte. Publicaciones del Instituto de Fisiographia y Geologia 36:100-262 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 213138: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 26.08.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Nothydrochoerus fontanai, "Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri" = Phugatherium
"Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri" = Phugatherium caviomorph | |
"Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis" = Hydrochoerus ballesterensis
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Proterotherium sp. Ameghino 1883 placental | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatis moralensis n. sp.
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"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark |