Cañadon Hondo, Paso Niemann: Middle Eocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelidae
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Hydromedusa sp.
Wagler 1830
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| MCNMP 736b-c, f-h, i-s, u-w; 761, 762, 763, 764; various shell fragments | ||||||||||
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= Hydromedusa casamayorensis n. sp.
de la Fuente and Bona 2002
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de la Fuente and Bona 2002 | |||||||||
| holotype MCNMP 736a, a nuchal plate | ||||||||||
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? Chelus sp.
Duméril 1806
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| MCNMP 736a, posterior carapace border | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 45.3° South, 67.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° South, 58.0° West |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Eocene | Mammal zone: | Casamayoran SALMA |
| Age range of interval: | 47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sarmiento |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: MCNMP, Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata, Argentina | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 187591 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
| Created: | 2017-08-03 13:41:23 | Last modified: | 2017-08-03 13:41:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-08-03 13:41:23 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42415. | F. de Broin and M. de la Fuente. 1993. Les tortues fossiles d'Argentine: synthese [The fossil turtles of Argentina: synthesis]. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertebrés-Vertebrés) 79(3):169-232 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 62980 | M. S. de la Fuente and P. Bona. 2002. Una nueva especie del género Hydromedusa Wagler (Pleurodira, Chelidae) del Paleógeno de Patagonia. Ameghiniana 39(1):77-83 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |