Where: Formosa, Argentina (26.6° S, 58.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 58.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fortin Tres Pozos Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• OSL dating: 58.160 +/- 4.390 Ka
Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; brown, gray, green siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, A. R. Mino-Boilini, A. A. Carlini, M. Iriondo, and M. A. Alcaraz. 2009. Paleontología del Chaco Oriental. Una nueva localidad con mamíferos fósiles pleistocenos en el río Bermejo (Formosa, Argentina). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 26(2):277-288 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 114698: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 21.08.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
cf. Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer | |
cf. Hemiauchenia paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
Pampatherium typum Ameghino 1875 edentate | |
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon | |
Neosclerocalyptus cf. paskoensis Zurita 2002 edentate | |
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate |