La Moderna-Lower Component (Pleistocene to of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (37.3° S, 60.2° W: paleocoordinates 37.3° S, 60.2° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Primary reference: G. G. Politis and M.C. Salemme. 1990. Pre-Hispanic mammal exploitation and hunting strategies in the eastern Pampa subregion of Argentina. In L. B. Davis and B. O. K. Reeves (eds.), Hunters of the Recent Past 352-365 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 71348: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 14.03.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
Doedicurus clavicaudatus Owen 1847 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys sp. de Blainville 1826 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Holochilus brasiliensis Desmarest 1819 Brazilian marsh rat