Lago Argentino (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (50.1° S, 73.4° W: paleocoordinates 50.7° S, 68.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 88834: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.04.2009

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Anseriformes -
Brontornis burmeisteri n. gen. n. sp.
Brontornis burmeisteri n. gen. n. sp. Moreno and Mercerat 1891 waterfowl