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Ituzaingo - Conglomerado Osifero, Paraná Department, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina

FormationItuzaingo
MemberConglomerado Osifero
Age:9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
IntervalHuayquerian
Lithologyconglomerate/mudstone, conglomerate
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences10

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Paraná River CliffsParaná Department, Entre Ríos Province, ArgentinaItuzaingo - Conglomerado Osifero
Colonia La Celina - conglomerado osiferoParaná Department, Entre Ríos Province, ArgentinaItuzaingo - Conglomerado Osifero
Toma Vieja - conglomerado osiferoParaná Department, Entre Ríos Province, ArgentinaItuzaingo - conglomerado osifero
Villa Urquiza - conglomerado osiferoParaná Department, Entre Ríos Province, ArgentinaItuzaingo - conglomerado osifero

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Megapiranha paranensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Characiformes : Serrasalmidae : Megapiranha : Megapiranha paranensis9 - 6.8 Ma
Miocene
Philander entrerianus
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Philander : Philander entrerianus9 - 6.8 Ma
Miocene
Pyramiodontherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : Pyramiodontherium9 - 6.8 Ma
Miocene
Phrynops sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Phrynops9 - 6.8 Ma
Miocene
Phrynops paranaensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Phrynops : Phrynops paranaensis9 - 6.8 Ma
Miocene
Testudinidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae9 - 6.8 Ma
Miocene

References

Scalabrini P. Cartas Científicas Museo de la Provincia de Entre Ríos, Tipografía y Encuadernación La Velocidad, 1-209
Wieland G. R. (1923) A new Parana pleurodiran, American Journal of Science 25, 1-14
de la Fuente M. S. (1992) Las tortugas Chelidae del Terciario superior y Cuaternario del territorio argentino, Ameghiniana 29 3, 211-229
Brandoni D., Carlini A. A. (2009) On the presence of Pyramiodontherium (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) in the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina and its biogeographical implications, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115 1, 111-123
Cione L. A., Dahdul W. M., et al (2009) Megapiranha paranensis, a new genus and species of Serrasalmidae (Characiformes, Teleostei) from the upper Miocene of Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 2, 350-358
Goin F. J., Noriega J. I., et al (2013) Los Metatheria (Mammalia) del "Mesopotamiense" (Mioceno tardío) de la Provinciade Entre Ríos, Argentina, y una reconsideración de Philander entrerianus (Ameghino, 1899), El Neógeno de la Mesopotamia argentina 14, 109-117
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