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Quebrada de los Colorados, Salta Province, Argentina

FormationQuebrada de los Colorados
Age:48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
IntervalMiddle Eocene
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences9

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Valle del ToncoSan Carlos Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaQuebrada de los Colorados
Luracatao ValleyMolinos Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaQuebrada de los Colorados
Cerro Tin TinCachi Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaQuebrada de los Colorados
Cerro BayoLa Poma Department, Salta Province, ArgentinaQuebrada de los Colorados

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Dasypodidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Prostegotherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Prostegotherium48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Utaetus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Utaetus48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Toxodontia
suborder
4.3Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Toxodontia48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Leontiniidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Leontiniidae48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Pampahippus powelli
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notohippidae : Pampahippus : Pampahippus powelli48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Crocodylia
order
4Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Testudinata
unranked clade
99Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Protochelys : Testudinata48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

References

Powell J. E., Babot M. J., et al (2011) Eocene vertebrates of northwest Argentina: annotated list, Cenozoic Geology of the Central Andes of Argentina, 349-370
Garc铆a-L贸pez D. A., Babot J., et al (2017) Cranial anatomy of an Eocene notoungulate mammal from northwestern Argentina with special reference on the ear region, Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1326112
Garc铆a-L贸pez D. A., Deraco V., et al (2017) Fossil mammals of the Quebrada de los Colorados Formation (late middle Eocene) at the locality of La Poma, Salta Province, Argentina, Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1299150
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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