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El Cajón Valley, Santa María Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -26.6333,-66.3073 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Catamarca, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Santa María Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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El Cajón Valley | Nasif N. L., Musalem S., et al (2000) | El Morterito | The fossiliferous beds correspond to the El Morterito Formation (Turner, 1973), sequence II of the Playa del Zorro ‘‘alloformation’’ (Bossi et al., 1992, 1993; Esteban and Nasif, 1996). The upper part of this sequence (IIb and IIc subsequences) is correlated with the Andalhuala Formation in the Santa Mar a Valley, Catamarca Province (Bossi et al., 1993). | sandstone | 9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Calchaquitherium mixtum species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Calchaquitherium : Calchaquitherium mixtum | 9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene |
Phrynops sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Phrynops | 9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene |
References
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!