Banks of Rio Bermejo near Villa Escolar (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Formosa, Argentina (26.6° S, 58.7° W: paleocoordinates 26.6° S, 58.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fortin Tres Pozos Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• OSL dating: 58.160 +/- 4.390 Ka

Environment/lithology: mire or swamp; brown, gray, green siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, A. R. Mino-Boilini, A. A. Carlini, M. Iriondo, and M. A. Alcaraz. 2009. Paleontología del Chaco Oriental. Una nueva localidad con mamíferos fósiles pleistocenos en el río Bermejo (Formosa, Argentina). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 26(2):277-288 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 114698: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Margaret Shalap on 21.08.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
Pampatherium typum Ameghino 1875 edentate
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Hemiauchenia paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
cf. Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer