Lago Argentino: Middle Miocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
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Brontornis burmeisteri n. gen., n. sp.
Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Santa Cruz |
| Coordinates: | 50.1° South, 73.4° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.7° South, 68.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 88834 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-04-22 11:54:58 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-04-22 11:54:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29788. | F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano] |