Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.8° S, 62.2° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° S, 59.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Xenodontomys ellipticus zone mammal zone, Cerro Azul Formation, Huayquerian (8.0 - 5.0 Ma)
• a late Huayquerian SALMA age is proposed
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•Materials were recovered from two levels at the middle of the exposure. This is level 2
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified, calcareous carbonate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• Cátedra de Geología Histórica from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca
Primary reference: C. M. Deschamps. 2005. Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(4):733-750 [D. Croft/D. Croft]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61299: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Darin Croft on 04.06.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Macrochorobates sp., Macroeuphractus cf. morenoi, Chorobates villosissimus, Chasicotatus cf. peiranoi
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"cf. Berthawyleria sp." = Pseudoplohophorus, cf. Aspidocalyptus sp.
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