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Ensenada Creek: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pteronura brasiliensis Gmelin 1788
1 individual
see common names
Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Entre Rios County:Diamonte
Coordinates: 32.1° South, 60.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.1° South, 60.4° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.126 - 0.011 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Lujanian Stage/Age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:92299
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-11-05 07:59:30 Last modified:2009-11-05 09:59:30
Access level:the public Released:2009-11-05 07:59:30
Reference information
Primary reference:
31109 F. J. Prevosti and B. S. Ferrero. 2008. A Pleistocene giant river otter from Argentina: Remarks on the fossil record and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1171-1181 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]