Lago Pueyrredón (Miocene of Argentina)

Where: Santa Cruz, Argentina (47.3° S, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 48.2° S, 65.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithified, muddy, sandy sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F.J. Degrange. 2022. A new species of Dryornis (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Santa Cruz Formation (lower Miocene), Patagonia, Argentina,. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(5):e2008411 [M. Uhen/E. Medeiros]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 227799: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Edward Medeiros on 31.10.2022, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Aves
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Dryornis hatcheri
Dryornis hatcheri Degrange 2022 New World vulture
YMP-PVVU 15866
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp., Platygonus chapadmalensis, "Platygonus scagliai" = Platygonus scagliae, Platygonus marplatensis
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
Platygonus chapadmalensis Ameghino 1908 peccary
"Platygonus scagliai" = Platygonus scagliae Reig 1952 peccary
Platygonus marplatensis Reig 1952 peccary