Colloncuran

The Colloncuran (Spanish: Colloncurense) age is a period of geologic time (15.5–13.8 Ma) within the Middle Miocene epoch of the Neogene, used more specifically within the SALMA classification in South America. It follows the Friasian and precedes the Laventan age.[1]

Etymology

The age is named after the Collón Curá Formation in the Cañadón Asfalto and Neuquén Basins of northern Patagonia, Argentina.

Formations

Locations of Colloncuran formations
Formation
bold is type
Country Basin Notes
Collón Curá Formation ArgentinaCañadón Asfalto Basin
Neuquén Basin
Castilletes Formation ColombiaCocinetas Basin
Cerdas beds BoliviaAltiplano Basin
Cura-Mallín Group ChileCura-Mallín Basin
Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation ArgentinaColorado Basin
Mariño Formation ArgentinaCuyo Basin
Mauri Formation BoliviaAltiplano Basin
Nazareno Formation BoliviaTupiza Basin
Pebas Formation Brazil
 Colombia
 Ecuador
 Peru
Amazon Basin
Pisco Formation PeruPisco Basin

Fossils

Group Fossils Formation Notes
MammalsAbderites aisenense, Galileomys colloncurensis, Guiomys unica, Maruchito trilofodonte, cf. Microcardiodon williensis, Patagosmilus goini, Neosteiromys tordillense, ?Neotamandua australis, Propithecia neuquenensis, Protacaremys denisae, Protypotherium colloncurensis, Acarechimys sp., Alloiomys sp., cf. Arctodictis sp., Neoreomys sp., Prolagostomus sp., Cebidae indet., Dasyproctidae indet., Echimyidae indet., Eocardiidae indet., Erethizontidae indet., Stegotheriini indet.Collón Curá
Lycopsis padillai, Hilarcotherium miyou, ?Hyperleptus sp., Astrapotheriidae, Odontoceti, Mysticeti, Glyptodontidae, Pampatheriidae, Macraucheniidae, Proterotheriidae, Leontinidae, Toxodontidae, Interatheriidae, Megatheriidae, Dinomyidae, Sirenia, SparassodontaCastilletes
Hegetotherium cerdasensis, Palyeidodon obtusum, Protypotherium cf. attenuatum, Plesiotypotherium minus, Xyophorus cf. bondesioi, Euphractini indet., Eutatini indet., Megatheriinae indet., Lagostominae indet., Uruguaytheriinae indet., Macraucheniidae indet., Peltephilidae indet., Borhyaenoidea indet.Cerdas beds
?Acrocyon sp., Diadiaphorus sp., ?Neothoracophorus sp., cf. Peltephilus sp., Plesiotypotherium sp., Prolagostomus sp., Propalaehoplophorus sp., Stenotatus sp., Octodontidae indet.Nazareno
Chavinziphius maxillocristatus, Chimuziphius coloradensis, Incakujira anillodefuego, Messapicetus gregarius, Brachydelphis sp., Monachinae indet., Phocidae indet.Pisco
BirdsKelenken guillermoiCollón Curá
Aves indet.Castilletes
Sulidae indet.Pisco
ReptilesChelonoidis gringorum, Waincophis australis, Boinae indet., Lacertilia indet.Collón Curá
Chelus colombiana, Chelonoidis sp., cf. Crocodylus sp., cf. Mourasuchus sp., cf. Purussaurus sp., Alligatoridae indet., Boidae indet., Crocodylidae indet., Eusuchia indet., Gavialoidea indet., Podocnemididae indet.Castilletes
Pacifichelys urbinaiPisco
FishesMegalodon, Characidae, Serrasalmidae, Sciaenidae, Sparidae, Sphyraenidae, Ariidae, Callichthyidae, Doradidae, Pimelodidae, Carcharhinidae, Hemigaleidae, Sphyrnidae, Lamnidae, Otodontidae, Dasyatidae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Ginglymostomatidae, Pristiophoridae, Pristidae, Rhynchobatidae, Rhynobatidae, LepidosirenidaeCastilletes
Nematogenys cuiviCura-Mallín
Megalodon, Carcharhinus cf. albimarginatus, Carcharhinus cf. brachyurus, Carcharodon hastalis, Galeocerdo cf. contortus, Hemipristis serra, Isurus sp.Pisco

References

  1. Paleo Database: Colloncuran
  2. Escostegui & Franchi, 2010, p.422
  3. Dalla Salda & Franzese, 1987, p.7
  4. Moreno et al., 2015, p.7
  5. Croft et al., 2016, p.2
  6. Utgé et al., 2009
  7. Reichler, 2010, p.181
  8. Cerdeño & Guiomar, 2007, p.201
  9. Marshall & Sempere, 1991, p.636
  10. Antoine et al., 2016, p.56
  11. Wesselingh et al., 2006, p.304
  12. Brand et al., 2011
  13. Solíz Mundaca, 2018, p.14
  14. Vera et al., 2017
  15. Abello & Rubilar, 2012, p.180
  16. Comallo at Fossilworks.org
  17. Estancia Campionario at Fossilworks.org
  18. Cañadon del Tordillo at Fossilworks.org
  19. RCH 018S at Fossilworks.org
  20. Suárez et al., 2015, p.4
  21. Amson et al., 2016, p.7
  22. Moreno et al., 2015, p.35
  23. Carrillo et al., 2018
  24. Croft et al., 2016, p.11
  25. Nazareno, Potosí at Fossilworks.org
  26. Ramassamy et al., 2018
  27. Bianucci et al., 2016
  28. Marx & Kohno, 2016
  29. Correviento at Fossilworks.org
  30. Cerro Colorado Pisco at Fossilworks.org
  31. Río Chico Colloncuran at Fossilworks.org
  32. Pilcaniyeu Viejo at Fossilworks.org
  33. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.11
  34. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.13
  35. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.15
  36. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.19
  37. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.26
  38. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.29
  39. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.30
  40. Cadena & Jaramillo, 2015, p.190
  41. Cadena & Jaramillo, 2015, p.194
  42. Cadena & Jaramillo, 2015, p.196
  43. Moreno Bernal, 2014, p.7
  44. Kaitamana at Fossilworks.org
  45. Cerro Rucañanco at Fossilworks.org
  46. Cerro Buque at Fossilworks.org
  47. Cerro Buque M11-17 at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

Collón Curá Formation
Castilletes Formation
Cerdas beds
Cura-Mallín Group
Gran Bajo del Gualicho Formation
Mariño Formation
Mauri and Nazareno Formations
Pebas Formation
Pisco Formation
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