Valle de Santa María (Neogene of Argentina)

Where: Catamarca, Argentina (26.7° S, 66.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.4° S, 64.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Andalhualá Formation, Huayquerian (8.0 - 5.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Fundacíon Miguel Lillo, Tucumán collection

Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaíno and R. A. Fariña. 1999. On the flight capabilities and distribution of the giant Miocene bird Argentavis magnificens (Teratornithidae). Lethaia 32(4):271-278 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87201: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 09.03.2009, edited by Grace Varnham and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• specimens described by Campbell (1995)
Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Hyperdidelphys pattersoni1 Reig 1952 opossum
Holotype: FMNH P14455 mandibular fragment, MACN 8889 mandibular fragment
  - Mylodontidae
"Proscelidodon almagroi n. sp." = Proscelidodon gracillimus3
"Proscelidodon almagroi n. sp." = Proscelidodon gracillimus3 Rovereto 1914 edentate
MACN 2544 - type
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Ullumys intermedius2 Rovereto 1914 spiny rat
Aves
 Falconiformes - Vulturoidae
Argentavis magnificens Campbell and Tonni 1980 teratorn
fragmentary coracoid and tibiotarsus