Monte Hermoso Beach (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (39.0° S, 61.3° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 61.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• other age:Late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• outcrop is about 200 m by 50 m and fossiliferous interval is about 0.60 m thick, consisting of "friable sand silt-clay"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: S. A. Aramayo. 1985. QSAAP 3:207-219 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71314: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 14.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• birds and ichnofossils also present
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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Doedicurus sp., Glyptodon clavipes, Panochthus tuberculatus
Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Panochthus tuberculatus Owen 1845 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Tolypeutes sp., Zaedyus cf. pichiy
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo
Zaedyus cf. pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium sp., Mylodontinae indet.
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate
Mylodontinae indet. Gill 1872 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
subgenus Amerhippus
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Pecari tajacu
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary
"Dicotyles tajacu"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama guanicoe
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco
"Lama glama guanicoe"
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus maximus
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha