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Salicas, Arauco Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina

Formation	Salicas
Age:	9.00 - 6.80 Ma Miocene
Interval	Huayquerian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	2
Number of Occurrences	24

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Salicas Formation	Arauco Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	Salicas
El Degolladito - Site 2	Arauco Department, La Rioja Province, Argentina	Salicas

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
? no name ?	100		9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Chaetophractus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Chaetophractus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Chasicotatus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Chasicotatus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Proeuphractus scalabrini species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Dasypus : *Proeuphractus scalabrini*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Proeuphractus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Proeuphractus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Proeuphractus limpidus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Proeuphractus : *Proeuphractus limpidus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Neobrachytherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proterotheriidae : *Neobrachytherium*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Hemihegetotherium torresi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hegetotheriidae : Hemihegetotherium : *Hemihegetotherium torresi*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paedotherium minor species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hegetotheriidae : Paedotherium : *Paedotherium minor*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Tremacyllus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hegetotheriidae : *Tremacyllus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Mesotheriinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Mesotheriidae : Mesotheriinae	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Protypotherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Protypotheriidae : *Protypotherium*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Cardiomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Cardiomys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Orthomyctera sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Orthomyctera*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Orthomyctera andina species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : Orthomyctera : *Orthomyctera andina*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Lagostomus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Chinchillidae : *Lagostomus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Potamarchus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Potamarchus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Neophanomys biplicatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eocardiidae : Neophanomys : *Neophanomys biplicatus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Octodontidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Octodontidae	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Eosclerocalyptus proximus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Eosclerocalyptus : *Eosclerocalyptus proximus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Hoplophorini tribe	5.5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Glyptodontidae : Hoplophorini	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Anura order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Testudines order	4	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene

References

Tauber A. A. (2005) Mamíferos fósiles y edad de la Formación Salicas (Mioceno tardío) de la sierra de Velasco, La Rioja, Argentina, Ameghiniana 42 2, 443-460

Brandoni D., Schmidt G. I., et al (2012) Mammals from the Salicas Formation (Late Miocene), la Rioja Province, northwestern Argentina: Paleobiogeography, age and environment, Ameghiniana 49 3, 375-387

Cerdeno E., Schmidt G. I. (2013) Milk molars or extra premolars in Mesotheriinae (Mesotheriidae, Notoungulata): New insights into an old controversy, Geobios 46, 195-202 doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2012.10.014

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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