Cerro Plataforma: Early/Lower Miocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Spheniscidae
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Spheniscidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Reptilia
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Palaeospheniscus bergi
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Isurus hastalis
(Agassiz 1838)
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| recombined as Carcharodon hastalis | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 42.3° South, 71.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.2° South, 65.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early/Lower Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | El Foyel |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: medium- to fine-grained immature sandstones and conglomerates | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 152083 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | S. Alam, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | ||
| Created: | 2013-11-06 16:45:28 | Last modified: | 2014-03-01 16:13:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-11-06 16:45:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 50281. | C. Acosta Hospitaleche, M. Griffin, M. Asensio, A. L. Cione, and C. Tambussi. 2013. Middle Cenozoic penguin remains from the Patagonian Cordillera. Andean Geology 40(3):490-503 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 50061 | K. Charlton-Robb, L. Gershwin, R. Thompson, J. Austin, K. Owen and S. McKechnie. 2011. A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters. PLoS One 6(9):e2407 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 48793 | J. C. Merriam. 1912. The fauna of Rancho La Brea. Part II. Canidae. Memoirs of the University of California 1(2):217-273 [M. Uhen/S. Alam/J. Marcot] |