Arroyo Toropi-Level 3: Ensenadan - Lujanian, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Mammalia - Camelidae
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Mammalia - Cervidae
Morenelaphus brachyceros (Gervais and Ameghino 1880)
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Theriodictis sp. Mercerat 1891
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Dolichotis sp. Desmarest 1820
Galea sp. Meyen 1832
Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae
Sclerocalyptus sp. Ameghino 1891
synonym of Neosclerocalyptus
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium typum
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Holmesina paulacouti
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866
Glyptodon cf. reticulatus Owen 1845
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Propraopus cf. grandis Ameghino 1881
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
synonym of Propraopus sulcatus
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon cf. platensis Owen 1837
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Toxodon gracilis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Scillato-Yané et al. 1998
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon sp. Pohlig 1912
    = Notiomastodon sp. Cabrera 1929
Mothé and Avilla 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Corrientes
Coordinates: 28.6° South, 59.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.6° South, 58.8° West
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Ensenadan - Lujanian
Age range of interval:1.70000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Yupoi
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (float)
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:71288
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Orcutt, C. Jaramillo Enterer:K. Sears, J. Carrillo, J. Orcutt
Modifier:J. Orcutt
Created:1999-02-10 09:17:16 Last modified:2023-09-19 13:04:00
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-10 09:17:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24007. 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]

Secondary references:

66428 D. Mothé and L. Avilla. 2015. Mythbusting evolutionary issues on South American Gomphotheriidae (Mammalia: Proboscidea). Quaternary Science Reviews 110:23-35 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
85808 G. J. Scillato-Yané, E. P. Tonni, A. A. Carlini and J. I. Noriega. 1998. Nuevos hallazgos de mamíferos del Cuaternario en el Arroyo Toropí, Corrientes, Argentina. Aspectos bioestratigráficos, paleoambientales y paleozoogeográficos. Actas: X Congreso Latinoamericano de Geología y VI Congreso Nacional de Geología Económica 1:263-268 [J. Orcutt/J. Orcutt]