Cerro Verde lower level: Middle Eocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Meiolaniidae
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Gaffneylania auricularis n. gen., n. sp.
Sterli et al. 2015
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Sterli et al. 2015 | |||||||||
| MPEF-PV 10556 - holotype (basicranium and other skull remains, almost complete lower jaw, carapacial and plastral remains, third cervical vertebra, four caudal vertebrae, complete left humerus, proximal end of right humerus, distal end of left ulna, femoral head, distal end of tibia, and several osteoderms); referred specimens: MPEF-PV 10557, carapacial remains; MPEF-PV 10558, carapacial remains; MPEFPV 10559, carapacial remains; MPEF-PV 10560, 3rd cervical vertebra; MPEF-PV 10561, proximal end of right humerus; MPEF-PV 10571, osteoderm and shell fragment; MPEF-PV 1778-1, axis; MPEF-PV 1778-2, proximal caudal vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Hydromedusa casamayorensis
de la Fuente and Bona 2002
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Reptilia
- Sebecidae
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Sebecus icaeorhinus
Simpson 1937
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| MPEF-PV 3970, cervical 3; MPEF-PV 3971, cervical 8; MPEF-PV 3972, proximal coracoid, distal humerus, proximal femur, astragali, and calcaneum belonging to at least two different individuals | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.4° South, 67.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.8° South, 58.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | Mammal zone: | Casamayoran |
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sarmiento |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | tabular,green tuff |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Greenish tabular tuff | |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Western margin of Cañadon Hondo; Rocas Gemelas | ||
| Database number: | 142929 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | P. Mannion, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-04-18 02:22:54 | Last modified: | 2016-01-10 14:04:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-18 02:22:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46371. | D. Pol, J. M. Leardi, A. Lecuona and M. Krause. 2012. Postcranial anatomy of Sebecus icaeorhinus (Crocodyliformes, Sebecidae) from the Eocene of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(2):328-354 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 65631 | I. J. Maniel, M. S. de la Fuente, J. Sterli, J. M. Jannello, and J. M. Krause. 2018. New remains of the aquatic turtle Hydromedusa casamayorensis (Pleurodira, Chelidae) from the middle Eocene of Patagonia: taxonomic validation and phylogenetic relationships. Papers in Palaeontology 1-29 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/P. Mannion] | |
| 57078 | J. Sterli, M. S. de la Fuente, and J. M. Krause. 2015. A new turtle from the Palaeogene of Patagonia (Argentina) sheds new light on the diversity and evolution of the bizarre clade of horned turtles (Meiolaniidae, Testudinata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174:519-548 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |