Puerto Arazati Beach (Miocene of Uruguay)

Where: San José, Uruguay (34.6° S, 56.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° S, 54.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Camacho Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• This Formation is the representation, in Uruguay, of an extended, late Miocene, eustatic event regionally known as the Para- nean transgression or Paranean Sea

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; gray, green, sandy mudstone

• In the San José Department, this formation includes facies related to the regressive phase characterized as estuarine and/or paralic environments.
• The sediments of the Camacho Formation are formed by greenish- grey friable and medium compressed pelite that becomes greenish-brownish toward the top of the formation.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. F. Vizcaino, A. Rinderknecht, and A. Czerwonogora. 2003. An Enigmatic Cingulata (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from the Late Miocene of Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(4):981-983 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 113415: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 30.07.2011, edited by Juan Carrillo, Miranta Kouvari and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Marsupialia -
Marsupialia indet.1
Marsupialia indet.1 Illiger 1811 marsupial
marsupial carnivores
 Rodentia - Caviidae
cf. Prodolichotis sp.4
cf. Prodolichotis sp.4 Kraglievich 1932 caviomorph
 Rodentia -
Hystricognatha indet.1
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.1, Litopterna indet.1, Notoungulata indet.1
Cetacea indet.1 Brisson 1762 whale
Litopterna indet.1 placental
Notoungulata indet.1 Roth 1903 notoungulate
 Xenarthra -
Xenarthra indet.1
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Plohophorus figuratus3
Plohophorus figuratus3 Ameghino 1887 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Kraglievichia paranense2
Kraglievichia paranense2 Ameghino 1883 edentate
 Cingulata -
Pseudoplohophorus sp.3, Pseudoplohophorus absolutus3
Pseudoplohophorus sp.3 Castellanos 1926 edentate
Pseudoplohophorus absolutus3 Perea 2005 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Euphractini indet.2
Euphractini indet.2 Winge 1923 armadillo
 Cingulata - Pachyarmatheriidae
Neoglyptatelus sp., Neoglyptatelus uruguayensis n. sp.1
Neoglyptatelus sp. Carlini et al. 1997 edentate
Neoglyptatelus uruguayensis n. sp.1 Fernicola et al. 2018 edentate
Holotype: MNHN 1642
1Fernicola et al. 2018; 2Perea 1993; 3Toriño and Perea 2018; 4Ubilla and Rinderknecht 2003