Four U-Pb ages from tuffs of the mammal-bearing Santa Cruz Formation are provided.
The Santa Cruz Formation in southern Santa Cruz span from ∼18.2 to ∼15.6 Ma.
Western Notohippidian and Pinturan faunas are synchronous.
Notohippidian and Pinturan faunas are older than Santacrucian faunas.
Santacrucian faunas may partly overlaps in time with Colloncuran and Friasian faunas.