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Quebrada del Puesto, Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -23.2,-65.35 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Jujuy, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Humahuaca Department, Jujuy Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Quebrada del Puesto, Mina AguiIar | de la Fuente M., de Lapparent de Broin F. (1997) | Santa Bárbara - Maiz Gordo | Horizon 5 from Fernandez et al. (1973) profile. Marquillas et al. (2011: Cenozoic Geology of the Central Andes of Argentina, 227-246) show the Maiz Gordo Formation as Late Paleocene to Early Eocene in age. | "limestone" | 58.7 - 48.6 Ma Paleogene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Pelomedusoides superfamily | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Pelomedusoides | 58.7 - 48.6 Ma Paleogene |
References
de la Fuente M., de Lapparent de Broin F. (1997) An Araripemys-like decorated pleurodire turtle in the Paleocene of northwestern Argentine, Geobios 30 2, 235-242 |
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!