Monte Cercado (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: Tarija, Bolivia (21.5° S, 64.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 64.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, silty siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by F. Paredes-Ríos

• Repository: Museo Nacional Paleontologico-Arqueologico (Tarija, Bolivia)

Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, A. R. Miño-Boilini, E. Soibelzon, G. J. Scillato-Yané, G. M. Gasparini and F. Paredes-Ríos. 2009. First record and description of an exceptional unborn specimen of Cingulata Glyptodontidae: Glyptodon Owen (Xenarthra). Comptes Rendus Palevol 8:573-578 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142507: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 12.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon cf. elongatus Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
One adult specimen and one unborn specimen