Agua de las Palomas (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Catamarca, Argentina (27.6° S, 66.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 66.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian mammal zone, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; brown, yellow claystone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. I. Esteban. 1988. Un nuevo Mylodontinae (Edentata, Tardigrada) del Cuaternario del noroeste Argentino (Las Estancias, Catamarca). Ameghiniana 25(2):115-122 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140929: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 19.03.2013, edited by Grace Varnham and Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.2
Equidae indet.2 Gray 1821 horse
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Propraopus sp.2
Propraopus sp.2 Ameghino 1881 armadillo
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp.2, Glyptodon clavipes2, Glyptodon reticulatus1
Glyptodon sp.2 Owen 1839 glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes2 Owen 1839 glyptodon
Glyptodon reticulatus1 Owen 1845 glyptodon
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotheriinae indet.2, Glossotherium robustum2, Glossotherium emmersoni n. sp.
Scelidotheriinae indet.2 Ameghino 1889 edentate
Glossotherium robustum2 Owen 1842 edentate
Glossotherium emmersoni n. sp. Esteban 1988 edentate
1Cuadrelli et al. 2019; 2Ortiz et al. 2019