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Paginula fossil map

Where fossils of Paginula have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 45 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 45 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

GroupEarly mammals
Lived56–37.71 million years ago (Ypresian to Bartonian)
PeriodsPaleogene
FamilyOldfieldthomasiidae
Named byAmeghino 1901
Fossil records12 occurrences at 4 locations (PBDB)
Found inArgentina
Rock formationstxn:43341, Sarmiento

About Paginula

Paginula is an extinct genus of oldfieldthomasiid notoungulate. It lived during the Eocene in what is now Argentina.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Paginula (revision 1286363120), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q56378702.

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