Grünbein Cantera Seminario: Huayquerian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neocavia sp.
Kraglievich 1932
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Palaeocavia sp.
Ameghino 1889
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Orthomyctera sp.
Ameghino 1889
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Deschamps and Tomassini 2016 | |||||||||
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Dolicavia sp.
Ameghino 1916
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Octodontidae
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Phtoramys cf. hidalguense
Pascual et al. 1965
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ctenomyidae
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Xenodontomys ellipticus
Kraglievich 1927
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Chinchillidae
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Lagostomus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Paedotherium cf. minor
Cabrera 1937
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Tremacyllus impressus
(Ameghino 1888)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Chorobates sp.
Reig 1958
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Doellotatus cf. praecursor
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Doellotatus inornatus
(Rovereto 1914)
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| original and current combination Eutatus inornatus | ||||||||||
| isolated osteoderms | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Buenos Aires |
| Coordinates: | 38.7° South, 62.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 38.9° South, 59.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Huayquerian |
| Age range of interval: | 7.90000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Cerro Azul | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: a late Huayquerian SALMA age is proposed
Bearing unit: Cerro Azul Formation (sensu Folguera and Zárate, 2009). The section is 11 m thick and was divided into five levels. Fossils were found in the upper part of level 2, below the calcrete crust. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | bioturbation,red or brown unlithified siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: silty-loessic sediments of the "Pampean Sediments" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Cátedra de Geología Histórica from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 61292 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Croft, P. Mannion | Enterer: | D. Croft, M. Kouvari |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-06-04 15:39:52 | Last modified: | 2019-01-16 06:04:00 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-06-04 15:39:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 17632. | C. M. Deschamps. 2005. Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(4):733-750 [D. Croft/D. Croft] |
Secondary references:
| 67741 | C. M. Deschamps and R. L. Tomassini. 2016. Late Cenozoic vertebrates from the Southern Pampean region: systematic and bio-chronostratigraphic update. In M. Martínez, D. Olivera (eds.), Palinología del Meso-Cenozoico de Argentina - Volumen en homenaje a Mirta Elena Quattrocchio 16(2):202-225 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] |