Gulf of San Jorge, Patagonian Formation (Miocene of Argentina)
Where: Argentina (46.2° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.9° S, 61.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Patagonian Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
• JA: originally entered by Uhen as terrestrial for no clear reason; marine based on faunal contents
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. G. Simpson. 1946. Fossil Penguins. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 87(1):1-100 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 74645: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aves | |
Apterodytes ictus Ameghino 1901 penguin | |
"Palaeospheniscus intermedius" = Palaeospheniscus patagonicus, "Palaeospheniscus planus" = Palaeospheniscus bergi
"Palaeospheniscus intermedius" = Palaeospheniscus patagonicus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 penguin
"Palaeospheniscus planus" = Palaeospheniscus bergi Moreno and Mercerat 1891 penguin |