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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon |