Near Mina Aguilar (PVL) (Paleocene to of Argentina)

Also known as Western slopes of the Sierra de Mal Paso

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.2° S, 65.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.0° S, 53.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Mealla Formation (Santa Bárbara Group), Selandian to Selandian (61.6 - 56.0 Ma)

• Late Danian-early Selandian based on Zimicz et al. (2020), but del Papa et al. (2022) provided an absolute date for the upper levels of the Mealla Fm., giving a U–Pb zircon age of 58 Ma. del Papa et al. (2022) proposed a temporal range of 61–57 Ma for the Mealla Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. Powell, M. Vince, and E. Guanuco

Primary reference: G. G. Bravo, D. Pol, and D. A. García-López. 2021. A new sebecid mesoeucrocodylian from the Paleocene of northwestern Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(3):e1979020:1-14 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222891: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 28.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Sebecidae
Sebecus ayrampu n. gen. n. sp.
Sebecus ayrampu n. gen. n. sp. Bravo et al. 2021 crocodilian
PVL 2606 - holotype