Aviá Terai (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Chaco, Argentina (26.7° S, 60.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 60.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Bonaerense-Lujanense (Pleistoceno medio- Holoceno temprano)" = Lujanian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, A. A. Carlini, G. J. Scillato-Yané and E. P. Tonni. 2004. Mamíferos extintos del Cuaternario de la Provincia del Chaco (Argentina) y su relación con aquéllos del este de la región pampeana y de Chile. Revista geológica de Chile 31(1):65-87 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78576: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.02.2008, edited by Juan Carrillo

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
Neosclerocalyptus cf. heusseri Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Notiomastodon sp. Cabrera 1929 gomphothere