Puesto Estancia La Costa Fossiliferous Level 7: Santacrucian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Hyperleptus sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Bargo et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 4251, sull and mandible | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Protypotherium attenuatum
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Protypotherium praerutilum | ||||||||||
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Interatherium robustum
Ameghino 1891
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| synonym of Interatherium extensus | ||||||||||
| MPM-PV 4263, skeleton | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Homalodotheriidae
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Homalodotherium cunninghami
Flower 1884
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Cassini et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 3706, fragmentary cranium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Diadiaphorus sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
| synonym of Proterotherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Neoreomys australis
Ameghino 1887
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Candela et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| MPM-PV 4339, skull | ||||||||||
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Neoreomys cf. australis
Ameghino 1887
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eocardiidae
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Eocardiidae indet.
Ameghino 1891
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Tauber 1997 | |||||||||
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Eocardia fissa
Ameghino 1891
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Candela et al. 2012 | |||||||||
| recombined as Dicardia fissa | ||||||||||
| MPM-PV 3683, skull and postcrania | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Homunculidae
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Homunculus sp.
Ameghino 1891
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Kay et al. 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| MPM-PV 3708, mandible | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
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Cladosictis patagonica
Ameghino 1887
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| MPM-PV 3646 | ||||||||||
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Borhyaena tuberata
Ameghino 1887
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| MPM-PV 4330, 4380 | ||||||||||
| 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: | 17.40000 - 16.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Cruz | Member: | Estancia La Costa |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green sandy claystone |
| Secondary lithology: | tuffaceous silty sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176636 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra, M. Kouvari |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 142533 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-19 09:32:49 | Last modified: | 2020-06-17 04:29:26 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-19 09:32:49 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |
Secondary references:
| 58223 | M. S. Bargo, N. Toledo, and S. F. Vizcaíno. 2012. Paleobiology of the Santacrucian sloths and anteaters (Xenarthra, Pilosa). In S. F. Vizcaíno, R. F. Kay, M. S. Bargo (eds.), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation 216-242 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 70785 | A. A. Tauber. 1997. Bioestratigrafía de la Formación Santa Cruz (Mioceno Inferior) en el extremo sudeste de la Patagonia. Ameghiniana 34(4):517-529 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] | |
| 72751 | A. A. Tauber. 1999. Los vertebrados de la Formacion Santa Cruz (Mioceno inferior-medio) en el extremo sureste de la Patagonia y su significado paleoecológico. Revista Espagnola de Paleontologia 14(2):173-182 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] |