Arroyo Toropi-Level 1 (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Corrientes, Argentina (28.6° S, 59.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 59.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Suelo Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float)

Primary reference: B.B. Alvarez. 1974. Los Mamiferos Fosiles del Cuaternario de Arroyo Toropi, Corrientes (Argentina). Ameghiniana 11(3):295-311 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71289: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 10.02.1999, edited by John Orcutt

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium typum
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Panochthus sp." = Panochthus, "Panochtus sp." = Panochthus, "Panochtus cf. intermedius" = Panochthus, Glyptodon sp.
"Panochthus sp." = Panochthus Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
"Panochtus sp." = Panochthus Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
"Panochtus cf. intermedius" = Panochthus glyptodon
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
"Propraopus cf. grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus
"Propraopus cf. grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet., Lestodon sp.
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
Lestodon sp. Gervais 1855 edentate
cf. Lestodon according to Scillato-Yané et al., 1998
 Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon populator
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Blastocerus sp., Mazama sp.
Blastocerus sp. Wagner 1844 marsh deer
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon sp.
Stegomastodon sp. Pohlig 1912 gomphothere