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Santa Cruz Formation, Corpen Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Lat/Long (Decimal)-50,-70
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationSanta Cruz, Argentina
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Corpen Aike Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Santa Cruz FormationAlbino A. M. (1996)Santa Cruznot reported15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Eoneornis australis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Eoneornis : Eoneornis australis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Eutelornis patagonicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Anseriformes : Eutelornis : Eutelornis patagonicus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Anisolornis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Gruiformes : Anisolornis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Brontornis burmeisteri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Phorusrhacidae : Brontornis : Brontornis burmeisteri15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Patagornis marshi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Phorusrhacidae : Patagornis : Patagornis marshi15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Phororhacos longissimus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Phorusrhacidae : Phorusrhacos : Phororhacos longissimus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Psilopterus bachmanni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Phorusrhacidae : Psilopterus : Psilopterus bachmanni15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Psilopterus lemoinei
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Phorusrhacidae : Psilopterus : Psilopterus lemoinei15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Protibis cnemialis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Pelecaniformes : Threskiornithidae : Protibis : Protibis cnemialis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Opisthodactylus patagonicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Rheiformes : Rheidae : Opisthodactylus : Opisthodactylus patagonicus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Paraptenodytes antarcticus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Dinosauria : Paraptenodytes : Paraptenodytes antarcticus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Liptornis hesternus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Anhingidae : Liptornis : Liptornis hesternus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Proeutatus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Proeutatus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Prozaedius proximus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Prozaedyus : Prozaedius proximus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Stenotatus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Stenotatus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Stenotatus patagonicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Stenotatus : Stenotatus patagonicus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Peltephilus pumilus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Peltephilidae : Peltephilus : Peltephilus pumilus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Diadiaphorus majusculus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proterotheriidae : Diadiaphorus : Diadiaphorus majusculus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Tetramerorhinus fortis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proterotheriidae : Tetramerorhinus : Tetramerorhinus fortis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Microbiotherium tehuelchum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Microbiotheria : Microbiotheriidae : Microbiotherium : Microbiotherium tehuelchum15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Hegetotherium mirabile
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hegetotheriidae : Hegetotherium : Hegetotherium mirabile15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Homalodotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Homalodotheriidae : Homalodotherium15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Interatherium robustum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Interatheriidae : Interatherium : Interatherium robustum15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Protypotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Protypotheriidae : Protypotherium15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Protypotherium australe
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Interatheriidae : Protypotherium : Protypotherium australe15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Adinotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Adinotherium15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Adinotherium robustum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Adinotherium : Adinotherium robustum15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Nesodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Nesodon15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Nesodon imbricatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Toxodontidae : Nesodon : Nesodon imbricatus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Abderites meridionalis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paucituberculata : Abderitidae : Abderites : Abderites meridionalis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Homunculus patagonicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Primates : Homunculidae : Homunculus : Homunculus patagonicus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Arctodictis munizi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Borhyaenidae : Artodictis : Arctodictis munizi15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Borhyaena tuberata
species
Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Borhyaenidae : Borhyaena : Borhyaena tuberata15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Prothylacynus patagonicus
species
Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Borhyaenidae : Prothylacynus : Prothylacynus patagonicus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Acyon tricuspidatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Borhyaenidae : Cladosictis : Acyon tricuspidatus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Cladosictis patagonica
species
Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Cladosictis : Cladosictis patagonica15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Sipalocyon gracilis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Sparassodonta : Sipalocyon : Sipalocyon gracilis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Cochlops muricatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Cochlops : Cochlops muricatus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Metopotoxus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Metopotoxus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Propalaehoplophorus australis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Propalaehoplophorus : Propalaehoplophorus australis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Myrmecophagidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Myrmecophagidae15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Protamandua rothi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Myrmecophagidae : Protamandua : Protamandua rothi15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Argyromanis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Entelopidae : Argyromanis15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Eucholoeops ingens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Eucholoeops : Eucholoeops ingens15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Orthoarthrus mixtus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Entelopidae : Orthoarthrus : Orthoarthrus mixtus15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene
Colubridae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubridae15.97 - 11.608 Ma
Miocene

References

Moreno F. P., Mercerat A. Catalogue des Oiseaux Fossiles de la Republique Argentine conserves au Musee de la Plata, Anales del Museo de la Plata 1, 1-71
Marshall L. G. (1979) Review of the Prothylacyninae, an extinct subfamily of South American "dog-like" marsupials, Fieldiana Geology 3, 1-50 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3324
Marshall L. G. (1981) Review of the Hathlyacyninae, an extinct subfamily of South American "dog-like" marsupials, Fieldiana Geology 7, 1-120 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3520
Marshall L. (1982) Systematics of the South American marsupial family Microbiotheriidae, Fieldiana Geology 10, 1-75
Albino A. M. (1996) Snakes from the Miocene of Patagonia (Argentina) Part II: The Colubroidea, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 200 3, 353-360
Forasiepi A., Goin F. J., et al (2004) Las especies de Arctodictis Mercerat, 1891 (Metatheria, Borhyaenidae), grandes carnívoros del Mioceno de América del Sur, Revista Española de Paleontología 19 1, 1-22
McDonald H. G., Vizcaíno S. F., et al (2008) Skeletal anatomy and the fossil history of the Vermilingua, The Biology of the Xenarthra, 64-78
Degrange F. J., Noriega J. I., et al (2012) Diversity and paleobiology of the Santacrucian birds, Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 138-155
Abello M. A., Ortiz-Jaureguizar E., et al (2012) Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the late Early Miocene of Argentina, Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 156-172
Prevosti F. J., Forasiepi A. M., et al (2012) Paleoecology of the mammalian carnivores (Metatheria, Sparassodonta) of the Santa Cruz Formation (late Early Miocene), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 173-193
Cassini G. H., Cerdeño E., et al (2012) Paleobiology of Santacrucian native ungulates (Meridiungulata: Astrapotheria, Litoptera and Notoungulata), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 243-286
Kay R. F., Perry J. M. G., et al (2012) Paleobiology of Santacrucian primates, Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 306-330
Vizcaíno S. F., Fernicola J. C., et al (2012) Paleobiology of Santacrucian glyptodonts and armadillos (Xenarthra, Cingulata), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 194-215
Bargo M. S., Toledo N., et al (2012) Paleobiology of the Santacrucian sloths and anteaters (Xenarthra, Pilosa), Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 216-242
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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