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La Angostura, Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-26.925,-65.6972
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Tucuman, Argentina
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Tafí del Valle Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
La Angostura	Ortiz P. E., Pardiñas U. F. J., et al (2000)	Tafí del Valle		sandstone	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Cavia sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Cavia*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Galea musteloides species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : Galea : *Galea musteloides*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Abrothrix illuteus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Abrothrix : *Abrothrix illuteus*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Akodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Akodon*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Andinomys edax species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Andinomys : *Andinomys edax*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Calomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : *Calomys*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Necromys lactens species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Necromys : *Necromys lactens*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Neotomys ebriosus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Neotomys : *Neotomys ebriosus*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Oligoryzomys flavescens species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Oligoryzomys : *Oligoryzomys flavescens*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Oligoryzomys longicaudatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Oligoryzomys : *Oligoryzomys longicaudatus*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Oxymycterus wayku species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Oxymycterus : *Oxymycterus wayku*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Phyllotis anitae species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Phyllotis : *Phyllotis anitae*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Reithrodon auritus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Reithrodon : *Reithrodon auritus*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Tafimys powelli species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Tafimys : *Tafimys powelli*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Ctenomys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ctenomyidae : *Ctenomys*	0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

References

Ortiz P. E., Pardiñas U. F. J., et al (2000) A New Fossil Phyllotine (Rodentia: Muridae) from Northwestern Argentina and Relationships of Reithrodon Group, Journal of Mammalogy 81 1, 37-51

Ortiz P. E., Pardiñas U. F. J. (2001) Sigmodontinos (Mammalia: Rodentia) del Pleistoceno tardío del valle de Tafí (Tucumán, Argentina): taxonomía, tafonomía y reconstrucción paleoambiental, Ameghiniana 38 1, 3-26

Ortiz P. E., Jayat J. P. (2013) Primer registro fósil para dos especies de sigmodontinos (Rodentia, Cricetidae) endémicas del extremo sur de las Yungas de Argentina, Ameghiniana 50 6, 598-604

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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