Where: Entre Rios, Argentina (31.4° S, 60.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° S, 56.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Parana Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Age from Cozzuol (2006).
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; mudstone and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: A. L. Cione, M. M. Azpelicueta, M. Bond, A. A. Carlini, J. R. Casciotta, M. A. Cozzuol, M. Fuente, Z. Gasparini, F. J. Goin, J. Noriega, G. J. Scillato-Yane, L. Soibelzon, E. P. Tonni, D. H. Verzi, and M. G. Vucetich. 2000. Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina. Serie Correlacion Geologica 14:191-237 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55599: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 01.11.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
Myliobatoidea indet. stingray | |
Potamotrygonidae indet. stingray | |
Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray | |
Heterodontus sp. de Blainville 1816 bullhead shark | |
Squatina sp. Dumeril 1806 angel shark | |
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark | |
Carcharhinus sp. de Blainville 1816 requiem shark | |
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark | |
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark | |
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Isurus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark | |
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharocles megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon | |
Mammalia | |
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale | |
Pontistes rectifrons Bravard 1858 toothed whale | |
Prionodelphis rovereti n. gen. n. sp.1
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Balaenidae indet. Gray 1821 right whale | |
"Periptychus argentinus n. sp." = Properiptychus argentinus2, "Properiptychus argentinus" = Properiptychus argentinus2
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Dioplotherium sp. Cope 1883 dugong | |
Actinopteri | |
Sciaenidae indet. Cuvier 1828 | |
Protautoga longidens Alessandri 1896 | |
? Sparidae indet., "Chrysophrys sp." = Otolithus (Chrysophris)
? Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817
"Chrysophrys sp." = Otolithus (Chrysophris) Cuvier 1829 |