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La Victoria quarry, Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -39.0183,-69.6508 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Neuquén, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Zapala Department, Neuquén Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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La Victoria quarry | Kramarz A., Bond M. (2011) | Cerro Bandera | Kramarz and Bond 2011: Based upon its faunal content, the fossil bearing levels of the Cerro Bandera Formation was assigned to the Colhuehuapian SALMA (early Miocene) (KRAMARZ et al. 2005). | not reported | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Comahuetherium coccaorum species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Astrapotheria : Astrapotheriidae : Comahuetherium : Comahuetherium coccaorum | 23.03 - 15.97 Ma Miocene |
References
Kramarz A., Bond M. (2011) A new early Miocene astrapotheriid (Mammalia, Astrapotheria) from Northern Patagonia, Argentina, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 260, 277-287 |
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!