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Salado River, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -35.745,-58.503 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Buenos Aires Province, Argentina |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Salado River, General Belgrano | Ramírez L. C., Carrara R., et al (2016) | Luján - Guerrero | The age of the sediments containing fossil insects ranges between 12,100 ± 100 14C BP and 13,400 ± 200 14C BP and was obtained by radiocarbon analysis of bone collagen and molluscan shells. | claystone | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Epipedonota cristallisata species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Epipedonota : Epipedonota cristallisata | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Nyctelia picipes species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Nyctelia : Nyctelia picipes | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Scotobius pilularius species | Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae : Scotobius : Scotobius pilularius | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
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!