Puesto Estancia La Costa, Argentinien


Fundort: Puesto Estancia La Costa, Argentinien, Santa Cruz, Argentinien
Taxon: Homunculus patagonicus aus der Familie Homunculidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, Dates from three levels in the lower one-third of the Santa Cruz fossiliferous beds at Monte Observación, rangebetween 16.42 Ma and 16.18 Ma and between 16.56 Ma and 16.28 Ma at Monte León. The dates are not wholly concordant but permit the assignment of the bulk of the coastal Santacrucian faunas to the late–early Miocene, Tuffaceous silty sands, andgreenish silty clays.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 16,3 und 17,5 Millionen Jahre aus der Santa Cruz Formation in Argentinien
Geologie, Sratigraphie Burdigalian / Santacrucian / Santa Cruz
Koordinaten: 51° 12 ' 0 '' S, 69° 7 ' 0 '' W

Literatur

R. F. Kay, J. M. G. Perry, M. Malinzak, K. L. Allen, E. C. Kirk, J. M. Plavcan, J. G. Fleagle 2012, Paleobiology of Santacrucian primates. Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation. , p. 306 - 330

Systematik