Santacrucian Land mammals at Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

 

Homunculus patagonicus from these deposits is the furthest south occurrence of a fossil primate

Typical view of cliffs along the Atlantic coast at 51 degrees South latitude where the Santa Cruz Formation of middle Miocene age is exposed.

 
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