Centinela del Mar (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (36.0° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° S, 58.0° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• other age:Late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. P. Tonni, W. D. Berman, F. Fidalgo, F. J. Going, and J. C. Quiroga. 1987. La fauna local centinel del mar y una nueva unidad mamifero para el pleistoceno tardio de la provincia de buenos aires (Argentina). Decimo congreso geologico argentino, San Miguel d Tucuman 3:175-177 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71347: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 bunny rat
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 white-lipped peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Lama vicugna" = Vicugna vicugna, Lama guanicoe
"Lama vicugna" = Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782 camel
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer
 Carnivora - Canidae
Dusicyon avus2 Burmeister 1866 Falkland Island wolf
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium typum Ameghino 1875 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo
Eutatus seguini Gervais 1867 armadillo
"Propraopus grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo
Tolypeutes pampaeus three-banded armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate
MMP 4220-M
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Chelidae indet.1 sideneck turtle
MLP collection