TABLE 2 — Estimated values of temperature and precipitation for the upper Río Turbio Formation member. *Scarce fossil material.
Upper RTF Equation Dataset R 2 Error Source
Temperature (°C) 15.3 MAT = 3.25 + 0.24*% non-tooth CLAMP 3B SA 0.9 2.1°C Hinojosa 2005; Hinojosa & Villagrán 2005
Temperature (°C) 14.3 MAT = 26.03pE + 1.31 SA 0.82 2.8°C Hinojosa et al. 2011
Temperature (°C) 14.8 MAT = 0.204*E + 4.6 LMA 0.58 4.8°C Peppe et al. 2011
Precipitation (mm) * Ln(MAP) = 1.63 + 0.49*MLnA CLAMP 3B SA 0.6 Ln(0.5) cm Hinojosa 2005; Hinojosa & Villagrán 2005
Precipitation (mm) * lnMAP = 0.283(MlnA) + 2.92 LAA 0.23 0.61 Peppe et al. 2011