Peligran

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title: "Peligran" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["peligran", "paleocene-south-america", "paleogene-argentina"] topic_path: "geography/argentina" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peligran" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

The Peligran () age is a period of geologic time (62.5–59.0 Ma) within the Paleocene epoch of the Paleogene, used more specifically with South American land mammal ages (SALMA). It follows the Tiupampan and precedes the Riochican age.

Etymology

The age is named after the paleontological site in Argentina.

Formations

| relief = 1 | width = 200 | caption = Locations of Peligran formations | places = | lat_deg = -17.992590 | lon_deg = -65.631242 | mark = Orange pog.svg | marksize = 10 | link = Santa Lucía Formation | lat_deg = -5.5 | lon_deg = -78.6 | mark = Orange pog.svg | marksize = 10 | link = Chota Formation | lat_deg = 5.0 | lon_deg = -74.0 | mark = Orange pog.svg | marksize = 10 | link = Guaduas Formation | lat_deg = 4.488444 | lon_deg = -74.135694 | mark = Orange pog.svg | marksize = 10 | link = Bogotá Formation | lat_deg = 11.089444 | lon_deg = -72.675278 | mark = Orange pog.svg | marksize = 10 | link = Cerrejón Formation | lat_deg = -45.3 | lon_deg = -67.0 | mark = Orange pog.svg | marksize = 14 | link = Peñas Coloradas Formation ::data[format=table] | 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

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GroupFossilsFormationNotes
MammalsAmphidolops yapa, Carodnia feruglioi, Notoetayoa gargantuai, Wainka tshotshe, Borhyaenidae indet., Eutheria indet.[Peñas
Coloradas](penas-coloradas-formation)
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 &
amphibiansaff. 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 cerrejonensisCerrejón
Crocodylia sp.[Peñas
Coloradas](penas-coloradas-formation)
FishesDipnoi sp., Elopomorpha sp.Cerrejón
FloraMenispina evidensBogotá
::

References

Bibliography

;Peñas Coloradas Formation

;Bogotá Formation

;Cerrejón Formation

;Chota Formation

;Guaduas Formation

;Salamanca Formation

;Santa Lucía Formation

References

  1. "Peligran".
  2. Clyde et al., 2014, p.303
  3. Bayona et al., 2012, p.103
  4. Jaramillo et al., 2007, p.168
  5. Chacaltana et al., 2015, p.2
  6. Castro Medina, 2010, p.53
  7. Montoya & Reyes, 2005, p.54
  8. Sempere et al., 1997, p.709
  9. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=13780 Bajo de la Palangana] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  10. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=13782 Cerro Redondo] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  11. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=79348 Puerto Visser 2] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  12. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=95914 Punta Peligro] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  13. Bonaparte & Morales, 1997, p.266
  14. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=38451 ''Necrosuchus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  15. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=106271 La Puente Pit] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  16. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=296057 ''Anthracosuchus''] at [[Fossilworks]].org
  17. [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=207537 ''Menispina evidens''] at [[Fossilworks]].org

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