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Barranca frente a Baliza Caniu, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Mindat.org Locality Page	Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal)	-38,-58
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
400 m south of the bajada de San Eduardo	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal	Upper levels of the Chapadmalal		3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
50 m south of the escalera de la Playa Los Lobos, level IX	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal	bed IX	not reported	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Bajada del Vivero, level VIII	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Near Punta Vorohue	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal	Upper levels of Chapadmalal Formation		3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Bajada el doctor Fernandez	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Bajada las Palomas	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Barranca frente a Baliza Caniu, level III-IV	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Between Vivero and Loberia, level IX	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
First bajada north of Canada Chapar	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal	Upper levels of Chapadmalal Formation (only IX-XI in this vicinity)		4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
First point north of Barranca de los Lobos, level III-IV	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Punta Martinez de Hoz, level III	Simpson G. G. (1972)	Chapadmalal			4 - 3 Ma Pliocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Platygonus chapadmalensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : *Platygonus chapadmalensis*	3.6 - 2.588 Ma Cenozoic
Platygonus marplatensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Platygonus : *Platygonus marplatensis*	4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Didelphis sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : *Didelphis*	4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Lutreolina crassicaudata species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Lutreolina : *Lutreolina crassicaudata*	4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Marmosa sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : *Marmosa*	4 - 3 Ma Pliocene
Thylophorops chapalmalensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Thylophorops : *Thylophorops chapalmalensis*	4 - 3 Ma Pliocene

References

Simpson G. G. (1972) Didelphidae from the Chapadmalal formation in the Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales of Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata: Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales 2 1, 1-40

Gasparini G. M. (2013) Records and Stratigraphical Ranges of South American Tayassuidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla), Journal of Mammalian Evolution 20 1, 57-68 doi:10.1007/s10914-011-9172-z

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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