Power Line Post 219 (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Mendoza, Argentina (33.4° S, 68.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 68.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Specimen found disjointed at the surface

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, fine-grained, gray sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. M. Forasiepi, A. G. Martinelli, A. E. Zurita and H. Ponce. 2009. Primer Registro de Glyptodon Owen (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) para el Pleistoceno de la Provincia de Mendoza (Argentina). MastozoologĂ­a Neotropical 16(1):217-222 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 113479: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 31.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon