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Chiquimil - A, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Formation	Chiquimil
Member	A
Age:	9.00 - 5.33 Ma Miocene
Interval	Late Miocene
Lithology	sandstone, "shale"
Number of Collections	3
Number of Occurrences	24

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Km. 6	Santa María Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Chiquimil - A
Puerta de Corral Quemado	Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Chiquimil - A
Chiquimil A	Santa María Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Chiquimil - A

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Cyperocarpus sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Liliopsida : Poales : Cyperaceae : *Cyperocarpus*	11.608 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Scirpitis sp. genus	6	*Scirpitis*	11.608 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Nymphaea sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Nymphaeales : Nymphaeaceae : *Nymphaea*	11.608 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Chasicotatus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Chasicotatus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Chorobates sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Chorobates*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paleuphractus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Paleuphractus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Vetelia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Vetelia*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Vassallia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Pampatheriidae : *Vassallia*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
? no name ?	100		9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paedotherium sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Hegetotheriidae : *Paedotherium*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Typotheriopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Mesotheriidae : *Typotheriopsis*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Xotodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : *Xotodon*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Protabrocoma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Abrocomidae : *Protabrocoma*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Cardiomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Cardiomys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Orthomyctera andina species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : Orthomyctera : *Orthomyctera andina*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) sp. subgenus	6.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Chinchillidae : Lagostomus : *Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis)*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Gyriabrus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Gyriabrus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paranamys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Paranamys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Potamarchus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Potamarchus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Tetrastylus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Tetrastylus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Eosclerocalyptus proximus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Eosclerocalyptus : *Eosclerocalyptus proximus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Stromaphorus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : *Stromaphorus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Proscelidodon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : *Proscelidodon*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Thelypteris sp. genus	6	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Polypodiales : Thelypteridaceae : *Thelypteris*	11.608 - 5.333 Ma Miocene

References

Anzótegui L. M. (2004) Megaflora de la Formación Chiquimil, (Mioceno Superior), en los valles de Santa María y Villavil, provincias de Catamarca y Tocumán, Argentina, Ameghiniana 41 3, 303-314

Reguero M. A., Candela A. M. (2011) Late cenozoic mammals from the northwest of Argentina, Cenozoic geology of the Central Andes of Argentina, 411-426

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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