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Chiquimil - El Jarillal, Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina

Formation	Chiquimil
Member	El Jarillal
Age:	9.00 - 6.80 Ma Miocene
Interval	Huayquerian
Lithology	sandstone
Number of Collections	6
Number of Occurrences	59

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Puerta de Corral Quemado	Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Chiquimil - El Jarillal
Villavil	Belén Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina	Chiquimil - El Jarillal

Associated Units

Stratigraphic Name	Age	Lithology	Occurrence Records
Andalhualá	4.00 - 3.00 Ma Pliocene	siltstone, sandstone	74

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Chasicotatus ameghinoi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Chasicotatus : *Chasicotatus ameghinoi*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Chasicotatus peiranoi species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Chasicotatus : *Chasicotatus peiranoi*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Chorobates villosissimus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Chorobates : *Chorobates villosissimus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Proeuphractus scalabrini species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Dasypus : *Proeuphractus scalabrini*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paleuphractus argentinus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Paleuphractus : *Paleuphractus argentinus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paraeuphractus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Paraeuphractus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paraeuphractus prominens species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Paraeuphractus : *Paraeuphractus prominens*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Proeuphractus limpidus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Proeuphractus : *Proeuphractus limpidus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Vetelia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : *Vetelia*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Vetelia perforata species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Vetelia : *Vetelia perforata*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Vassallia maxima species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Pampatheriidae : Vassallia : *Vassallia maxima*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Vassallia minuta species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Pampatheriidae : Vassallia : *Vassallia minuta*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Octodontoidea superfamily	4.7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Octodontoidea	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Abrocoma sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Abrocomidae : *Abrocoma*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Cardiomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Cardiomys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Dolichotis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Dolichotis*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Orthomyctera sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : *Orthomyctera*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Prodolichotis prisca species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Caviidae : Prodolichotis : *Prodolichotis prisca*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Lagostomus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Chinchillidae : *Lagostomus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Paranamys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Paranamys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Tetrastylus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : *Tetrastylus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Tetrastylus intermedius species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : Tetrastylus : *Tetrastylus intermedius*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Neophanomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eocardiidae : *Neophanomys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Neophanomys biplicatus species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eocardiidae : Neophanomys : *Neophanomys biplicatus*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Chasicomys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Octodontidae : *Chasicomys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Phtoramys sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Octodontidae : *Phtoramys*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene
Glossotheriopsis sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Mylodontidae : *Glossotheriopsis*	9 - 6.8 Ma Miocene

References

Esteban G., Nasif N., et al (2014) Cronobioestratigrafía del Mioceno tardío – Plioceno temprano, Puerta de Corral Quemado y Villavil, provincia de Catamarca, Argentina, Acta geológica lilloana 26 2, 165-192

Madozzo-Jaén M. C. (2019) Systematic and phylogeny of Prodolichotis prisca (Caviidae, Dolichotinae) from the Northwest of Argentina (late Miocene–early Pliocene): Advances in the knowledge of the evolutionary history of maras, Comptes Rendus Palevol 18, 33-50 doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.07.003

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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