15 km N Mar del Plata (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.0° S, 57.6° W: paleocoordinates 38.0° S, 56.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Vorohué Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Upper level of Vorohue Formation

•VorohuĂ© Formation, Marplatan Age/Stage, Vorohuean Subage/Substage (late Pliocene).

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Berta. 1983. A new species of small cat (Felidae) from the late Pliocene-early Pleistocene (Uquian) of Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 64(4):720-725 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13907: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 02.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis vorohuensis n. sp." = Leopardus vorohuensis
"Felis vorohuensis n. sp." = Leopardus vorohuensis Berta 1983 cat