Puesto Estancia La Costa: Santacrucian, Argentina
collected 2003-2009
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Neoepiblemidae
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Perimys sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Neoreomys australis
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eocardiidae
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Eocardia fissa
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Dicardia fissa | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Eocardia montana
Ameghino 1887
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Steiromys duplicatus
Ameghino 1887
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Candela et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 10053–54, skull and right dentary; MACN-A 10055–78, maxillary, dentary, postcrania (both "Corriguen Kaik") | ||||||||||
Steiromys detentus
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Octodontidae
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Sciamys sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Acaremyidae
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Acaremys murinus
Ameghino 1887
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Arnal and Vucetich 2015 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MACN A 4143 ("Corrigen Aike") | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Abrocomidae
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Acarechimys constans
(Ameghino 1887)
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Arnal et al. 2017 | |||||||||
recombined as Ameghinomys constans | ||||||||||
MPM-PV 4223 MPM-PV 15002 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Spaniomys modestus
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Homunculidae
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Homunculus patagonicus
Ameghino 1891
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= Homunculus patagonicus n. gen., n. sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 5757, mandible with worn right i1-m3, left i1, p2-m3, neotype; 5758, right femur; 5759, ulna; 5760, partial radius; 5761, distal humerus (lost); 5968, skull fragment with p2-m3; CORD-PZ 1130, partial skull | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Adianthidae
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Adianthus bucatus n. gen., n. sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Cifelli and Soria 1983 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
MACN A1812, dentary i2-m2, neotype | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Thoatherium minusculum
Ameghino 1887
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Tetramerorhinus cingulatum
Ameghino 1891
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MacPhee et al. 2021 | |||||||||
MACN A8666 | ||||||||||
Diadiaphorus majusculus
Ameghino 1887
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= Diadiaphorus majusculus
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 2711–12, cranium and mandible; MACN-A 9180–82, cranium, mandible | ||||||||||
Diadiaphorus robustus n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 9200–08, cranium and mandible | ||||||||||
Tetramerorhinus mixtum n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
synonym of Proterotherium australe | ||||||||||
MACN-A 8970–71, cranium, mandible, ulna, femur, tibia, type | ||||||||||
Tetramerorhinus mixtum
Ameghino 1894
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MacPhee et al. 2021 | |||||||||
synonym of Proterotherium australe | ||||||||||
MACN A 8970 | ||||||||||
Licaphrium floweri
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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Theosodon lydekkeri n. sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 2487–90, cranium and mandible (type); MACN-A 9269–88, cranium and mandible | ||||||||||
Theosodon gracilis
Ameghino 1891
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 9297, mandible ("Corriguen Aike") | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Adiastaltus habilis n. gen., n. sp.
Ameghino 1893
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McDonald et al. 2008 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
MACN A-7772, humerus, type; A-7773, ulna | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Propalaehoplophoridae
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Cochlops muricatus
Ameghino 1889
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Propalaehoplophorus incisivus
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 7655, skull; 7656, skull | ||||||||||
Propalaehoplophorus informal sp. 1
Ameghino 1887
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= Propalaehoplophorus australis
Moreno 1882
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
original and current combination Hoplophorus australis | ||||||||||
Propalaehoplophorus minus
Ameghino 1891
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Vizcaíno et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 4757, mandible | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
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Peltephilus pumilus
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Peltephilus strepens
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Chlamyphoridae
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Prozaedyus sp.
(Ameghino 1891)
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= Prozaedyus proximus
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Proeutatus informal sp. 1
Ameghino 1891
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= Proeutatus oenophorus
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Proeutatus oenophorum | ||||||||||
Stenotatus patagonicus
(Ameghino 1887)
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Eucholaeops informal sp. 1
(Amegino 1887)
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original and current combination Eucholoeops | ||||||||||
Eucholaeops informal sp. 2
(Amegino 1887)
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original and current combination Eucholoeops | ||||||||||
Eucholoeops fronto
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Eucholoeops ingens
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Hyperleptus sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Hapalops informal sp. 1
Ameghino 1887
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Hapalops informal sp. 2
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Nematherium sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Homalodotheriidae
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Homalodotherium sp.
Huxley 1870
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= Homalodotherium cunninghami
Flower 1884
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Adinotherium sp.
Ameghino 1887
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= Adinotherium ovinum
Owen 1846
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Adinotherium ferum n. sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
synonym of Adinotherium ovinum | ||||||||||
MACN-A 5352–53, cranium, mandible, type | ||||||||||
Nesodon sp.
Owen 1846
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= Nesodon imbricatus
Owen 1846
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Nesodon imbricatus
Owen 1846
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 5145, mandible; MACN-A 774–775, cranium | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Hegetotherium mirabile
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Interatherium robustum
Ameghino 1891
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synonym of Interatherium extensus | ||||||||||
Protypotherium australe
(Moreno 1882)
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Protypotherium praerutilum
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 3920–21, cranium, mandible ("Corriguen Aike") | ||||||||||
Protypotherium attenuatum
Ameghino 1887
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= Protypotherium attenuatum
Ameghino 1887
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
synonym of Protypotherium praerutilum | ||||||||||
MACN-A 3991, mandible, paratype of _Protypotherium leptocephalum_ | ||||||||||
Protypotherium claudum
Ameghino 1889
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Fernández et al. 2023 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Astrapotherium magnum
(Owen 1853)
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Cladosictis patagonica
Ameghino 1887
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Marshall 1981 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
MACN 5927, cranium; MACN 5928, dentary i1-p1, p3-m2; MACN 5929, vertebrae and other bones; MACN 6280, maxilla C-M4; MACN 6281, skull fragment; MACN 6282, vertebrae; MACN 6283, vertebrae; MACN 6284, proximal femur; MACN 6285, fibula | ||||||||||
Cladosictis lateralis n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Marshall 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Cladosictis patagonica | ||||||||||
MACN 5950, partial skull, holotype; MACN 5951, distal humerus, said to be same individual as 5950 | ||||||||||
Sipalocyon gracilis
Ameghino 1887
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Amphiproviverra crassa n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Marshall 1981 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Sipalocyon gracilis | ||||||||||
MACN 5957, dentary p2-m4; MACN 5958, maxilla P1-M4; cotypes | ||||||||||
Perathereutes pungens
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Arctodictis munizi
Mercerat 1891
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Prevosti et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Borhyaena tuberata
Ameghino 1887
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= Borhyaena tuberata
Ameghino 1887
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Prevosti et al. 2012 | |||||||||
MACN-A 9343 ("Corriguen Aike") | ||||||||||
Prothylacynus patagonicus
Ameghino 1891
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= Prothylacynus patagonicus n. gen., n. sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Marshall 1979 | |||||||||
Holotype (one associated individual): MACN 706, mandible left i1-m4, right i1-c; MACN 707, maxillary M1-4; MACN 708–720, postcrania; | ||||||||||
Prothylacynus brachyrhynchus n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Marshall 1979 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Prothylacynus patagonicus | ||||||||||
MACN 5926, dentary left c, p2, m1-4, right p2, m2-4 | ||||||||||
Napodonictis thylacynoides n. gen., n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Marshall 1979 | 7 specimens | ||||||||
synonym of Prothylacynus patagonicus | ||||||||||
MACN 5931, skull; MACN 5932, dentary with teeth; MACN 5933–5937, partial skeleton; all are one individual and part of the holotype | ||||||||||
Lycopsis torresi
Cabrera 1927
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Prevosti et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Anatherium oxyrhynchus n. sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Marshall 1979 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Lycopsis torresi | ||||||||||
MACN 5930, dentary p2-3, m2-4, holotype | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Microbiotheria
- Microbiotheriidae
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Microbiotherium tehuelchum
Ameghino 1887
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Marshall 1982 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
MACN 8504, dentary m2-4; 8505, skull with left M1-4 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Groeberida
- Nototheriidae
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Palaeothentes minutus
Ameghino 1887
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Palaeothentes lemoinei
Ameghino 1887
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Necrolestes patagonensis
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Falconidae
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Thegornis debilis
Ameghino 1894
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Degrange et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BMNH-A 601, distal right tarsometatarsus | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Gruiformes
- Phorusrhacidae
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Psilopterus lemoinei
(Moreno and Mercerat 1891)
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Alvarenga and Holfing 2003 | |||||||||
Phorusrhacinae indet.
Ameghino 1899
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Degrange et al. 2019 | |||||||||
MPEF-PV 11355: thoracic vertebra | ||||||||||
Phorusrhacos longissimus
(Ameghino 1887)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
Coordinates: | 51.2° South, 69.1° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 51.8° South, 63.4° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Altitude: | 0 meters | ||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Santacrucian | ||
Age range of interval: | 17.50000 - 16.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Santa Cruz | Member: | Estancia La Costa | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Dates from three levels in the lower one-third of the Santa Cruz fossiliferous beds at Monte Observación, rangebetween 16.42 Ma and 16.18 Ma and between 16.56 Ma and 16.28 Ma at Monte León. The dates are not wholly concordant but permit the assignment of the bulk of the coastal Santacrucian faunas to the late–early Miocene |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green sandy claystone |
Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous silty sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: tuffaceous silty sands, andgreenish silty clays. | |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | Collection dates: | 2003-2009 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Corriguen Aike, Corriguen Kaik, Corriken Aike | ||
Database number: | 142533 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra | Enterer: | J. Carrillo, M. Kouvari, J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham |
Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
Created: | 2013-04-13 01:37:34 | Last modified: | 2020-09-21 09:10:43 |
Access level: | database members | Released: | 2014-04-13 01:37:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46189. | S. F. Vizcaíno, M. S. Bargo, R. F. Kay, R. A. Fariña, M. Di Giacomo, J. M. G. Perry, F. J. Prevosti, N. Toledo, G. H. Cassini and J. C. Fernicola. 2010. A baseline paleoecological study of the Santa Cruz Formation (late-early Miocene) at the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292(3-4):507-519 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
58179 | M. A. Abello, E. Ortiz-Jaureguizar, and A. M. Candela. 2012. Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the late Early Miocene of Argentina. In S. F. VizcaÃno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 156-172 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
35669 | H. M. F. Alvarenga and E. Holfing. 2003. Systematic revision of the Phorusrhacidae (Avies: Ralliformes). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 43(4):55-91 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
58126 | M. Arnal and M. Vucetich. 2015. Revision of the fossil rodent Acaremys Ameghino, 1887 (Hystricognathi, Octodontoidea, Acaremyidae) from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina) and the description of a new acaremyid. Historical Biology 27(1):42-59 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
72683 | M. Arnal, M. G. Vucetich, D. A. Croft, M. S. Bargo, J. C. Fernícola and S. F. Viscaino. 2017. Systematic revision and evolutionary history of Acarechimys Patterson in Kraglievich 1965 (Rodentia, Caviomorpha, Octodontoidea). Ameghiniana 54(3):307-330 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
58225 | A. M. Candela, L. L. Rasia, and M. E. Pérez. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian caviomorph rodents: a morphofunctional approach. In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 287-305 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58224 | G. H. Cassini, E. Cerdeño, A. L. Villafañe and N. A. Muñoz. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian native ungulates (Meridiungulata: Astrapotheria, Litoptera and Notoungulata). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 243-286 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58245 | R. L. Cifelli and M. F. Soria. 1983. Systematics of the Adianthidae (Litopterna, Mammalia). American Museum Novitates 2771:1-25 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
72945 | F. J. Degrange, D. Eddy, P. Puerta and J. Clarke. 2019. New skull remains of Phorusrhacos longissimus (Aves, Cariamiformes) from the Miocene of Argentina: implications for the morphology of Phorusrhacidae. Journal of Paleontology 93(6):1221-1233 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
58178 | F. J. Degrange, J. I. Noriega, and J. I. Areta. 2012. Diversity and paleobiology of the Santacrucian birds. In S. F. VizcaÃno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 138-155 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
85306 | M. Fernández, J. C. Fernicola, and E. Cerdeño. 2023. Systematic revision of the species of Protypotherium (Notoungulata: Interatheriidae) from the Santa Cruz Formation (Early–Middle Miocene), Argentinian Patagonia: a new phylogenetic hypothesis for the Interatheriidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society zlad043:1-28 [J. Carrillo/K. Pino] | |
58226 | R. F. Kay, J. M. G. Perry, M. Malinzak, K. L. Allen, E. C. Kirk, J. M. Plavcan, and J. G. Fleagle. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian primates. In S. F. VizcaÃno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 306-330 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
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57760 | L. Marshall. 1982. Systematics of the South American marsupial family Microbiotheriidae. Fieldiana Geology 10:1-75 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58324 | L. G. Marshall. 1979. Review of the Prothylacyninae, an extinct subfamily of South American "dog-like" marsupials. Fieldiana Geology 3:1-50 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58306 | L. G. Marshall. 1981. Review of the Hathlyacyninae, an extinct subfamily of South American "dog-like" marsupials. Fieldiana Geology 7:1-120 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58233 | H. G. McDonald, S. F. Vizcaíno, and M. S. Bargo. 2008. Skeletal anatomy and the fossil history of the Vermilingua. In S. F. Vizcaíno, W. J. Loughry (eds.), The Biology of the Xenarthra 64-78 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58202 | F. J. Prevosti, A. M. Forasiepi, M. D. Ercoli and G. F. Turazzini. 2012. Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 173-193 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
58206 | S. F. Vizcaíno, J. C. Fernicola, and M. S. Bargo. 2012. Paleobiology of Santacrucian glyptodonts and armadillos (Xenarthra, Cingulata). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 194-215 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] |