Earth:Peligran

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The Peligran (Spanish: Peligrense) age is a period of geologic time within the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene, used more specifically with South American land mammal ages (SALMA).[1] It may follow the Tiupampan and precede the Itaboraian or Riochican ages, though the exact sequence of Paleocene-Eocene SALMAs is still debated.[2][3] Radiometric dating of the upper Salamanca Formation suggests that the Peligran occupies an interval from about 63.8 to 63.2 million years ago,[4][5] which is several million years older than previous estimates.[2][6]

Etymology

The age is named after the paleontological site Punta Peligro (es) in Argentina.

Formations

Peligran is located in South America
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Locations of Peligran formations
Formation
bold is type
Country Basin Notes
Salamanca Formation Argentina Golfo San Jorge Basin
Bogotá Formation Colombia Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Cerrejón Formation Colombia Cesar-Ranchería Basin
Chota Formation Peru Bagua Basin
Guaduas Formation Colombia Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Peñas Coloradas Formation Argentina Golfo San Jorge Basin
Santa Lucía Formation Bolivia Potosí Basin

Fossils

Group Fossils Formation Notes
Mammals Amphidolops yapa, Carodnia feruglioi, Notoetayoa gargantuai, Wainka tshotshe, Borhyaenidae indet., Eutheria indet. Peñas
Coloradas
Derorhynchus aff. minutus, Escribania chubutensis, Escribania talonicuspis, Monotrematum sudamericanum, Peligrotherium tropicalis, Raulvaccia peligrensis, Requisia vidmari, Sudamerica ameghinoi, Didelphopsis sp., Polydolopimorphia sp., Bonapartheriidae, Metatheria indet., Placentalia indet., cf. Sparassodonta indet. Salamanca
Reptiles &
amphibians
aff. Allognathosuchus sp., Hydromedusa cf. casamayorensis, Kawasphenodon peligrensis, Naiadochelys cf. patagonica, Necrosuchus ionensis, Peligrochelys walshae, Yaminuechelys maior, Caimaninae indet., Leptodactylidae indet., ?Pipidae indet. Salamanca
Acherontisuchus guajiraensis, Anthracosuchus balrogus, Carbonemys cofrinii, Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki, Cerrejonisuchus improcerus, Pelomedusoides sp., Puentemys mushaisaensis, Titanoboa cerrejonensis Cerrejón
Crocodylia sp. Peñas
Coloradas
Fishes Dipnoi sp., Elopomorpha sp. Cerrejón
Flora Menispina evidens Bogotá

References

  1. ↑ "Peligran". https://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=displayInterval&interval_no=738. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gelfo, Javier N.; Goin, Francisco J.; Woodburne, Michael O.; Muizon, Christian De (2009). "BIOCHRONOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE EARLIEST SOUTH AMERICAN PALEOGENE MAMMALIAN FAUNAS" (in en). Palaeontology 52 (1): 251–269. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00835.x. ISSN 0031-0239. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00835.x. 
  3. ↑ del Campo, Eric N.; Chimento, Nicolás R.; Agnolín, Federico L. (2026-05-04). "Postcranial remains of Eutherian mammals from Punta Peligro (Paleocene), Patagonia, Argentina" (in en). Historical Biology 38 (5): 1485–1499. doi:10.1080/08912963.2025.2537151. ISSN 0891-2963. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/394036180. 
  4. ↑ Clyde, W. C.; Wilf, P.; Iglesias, A.; Slingerland, R. L.; Barnum, T.; Bijl, P. K.; Bralower, T. J.; Brinkhuis, H. et al. (2014-03-01). "New age constraints for the Salamanca Formation and lower Rio Chico Group in the western San Jorge Basin, Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction recovery and land mammal age correlations" (in en). Geological Society of America Bulletin 126 (3-4): 289–306. doi:10.1130/B30915.1. ISSN 0016-7606. https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsabulletin/article/126/3-4/289-306/125989. 
  5. ↑ Woodburne, Michael O.; Goin, Francisco J.; Raigemborn, Maria Sol; Heizler, Matt; Gelfo, Javier N.; Oliveira, Edison V. (2014). "Revised timing of the South American early Paleogene land mammal ages" (in en). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 54: 109–119. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2014.05.003. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0895981114000649. 
  6. ↑ Woodburne, Michael O.; Goin, Francisco J.; Bond, Mariano; Carlini, Alfredo A.; Gelfo, Javier N.; López, Guillermo M.; Iglesias, A.; Zimicz, Ana N. (2014-03-01). "Paleogene Land Mammal Faunas of South America; a Response to Global Climatic Changes and Indigenous Floral Diversity" (in en). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 21 (1): 1–73. doi:10.1007/s10914-012-9222-1. ISSN 1573-7055. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-012-9222-1. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Clyde et al., 2014, p.303
  8. ↑ Bayona et al., 2012, p.103
  9. ↑ Jaramillo et al., 2007, p.168
  10. ↑ Chacaltana et al., 2015, p.2
  11. ↑ Castro Medina, 2010, p.53
  12. ↑ Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.54
  13. ↑ Sempere et al., 1997, p.709
  14. ↑ Bajo de la Palangana at Fossilworks.org
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Cerro Redondo at Fossilworks.org
  16. ↑ Puerto Visser 2 at Fossilworks.org
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Punta Peligro at Fossilworks.org
  18. ↑ Bonaparte & Morales, 1997, p.266
  19. ↑ Necrosuchus at Fossilworks.org
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 La Puente Pit at Fossilworks.org
  21. ↑ Anthracosuchus at Fossilworks.org
  22. ↑ Menispina evidens at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

Peñas Coloradas Formation
Bogotá Formation
Cerrejón Formation
Chota Formation
Guaduas Formation
Salamanca Formation
Santa Lucía Formation

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