PBDB Collection

Santa Maria Valley Andalhuala Fm (Pliocene to of Argentina)

Also known as Bajo de Andalhuala (informal Araucanense)

Where: Catamarca, Argentina (26.7° S, 66.0° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° S, 64.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Andalhuala Formation, Montehermosan to Montehermosan (5.0 - 3.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The complete pes of the holotype of P. bergi (MLP 2-66) is housed in the collection of Departamento Científico de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina.

Primary reference: M. A. Reguero and A. M. Candela. 2011. Late cenozoic mammals from the northwest of Argentina. In J. A: Salfity, R. A. Marquillas (eds.), Cenozoic geology of the Central Andes of Argentina 411-426 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 157795: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 04.07.2014, edited by Jelle Zijlstra, Mark Uhen, Evangelos Vlachos, Miranta Kouvari and Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae	cf. Sparassocynus sp.⁶, "Paradidelphys pattersonii" = Hyperdidelphys cf. Sparassocynus sp.⁶ Mercerat 1898 opossum "Paradidelphys pattersonii" = Hyperdidelphys opossum
Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae	"Achlysictis atrox" = Thylacosmilus "Achlysictis atrox" = Thylacosmilus metatherian
Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae	Microtragulus catamarcensis Microtragulus catamarcensis Kraglievich 1931 metatherian
Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae	"Tremacyllus latifrons" = Tremacyllus incipiens, Hemihegetotherium robustum "Tremacyllus latifrons" = Tremacyllus incipiens Rovereto 1914 notoungulate Hemihegetotherium robustum Rovereto 1914 notoungulate
Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae	Typotheriopsis internum Typotheriopsis internum Ameghino 1891 notoungulate
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Xotodon sp. Xotodon sp. Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
Notoungulata - Haplodontheriidae	Toxodontherium sp. Toxodontherium sp. Ameghino 1883 notoungulate
Cingulata -	Phlyctaenopyga ameghinoi, "Plohophorus ameghini n. sp." = Phlyctaenopyga ameghini⁷, Hoplophractus proximus, "Eosclerocalyptus planus" = Eosclerocalyptus proximus, Stromaphorus compressidens Phlyctaenopyga ameghinoi edentate "Plohophorus ameghini n. sp." = Phlyctaenopyga ameghini⁷ Moreno 1882 edentate Holotype: MLP-16-101 described by Ameghino 1889 Hoplophractus proximus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate "Eosclerocalyptus planus" = Eosclerocalyptus proximus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate Stromaphorus compressidens Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Paraeuphractus prominens, Chorobates scalabrini Paraeuphractus prominens Moreno and Mercerat 1891 armadillo Chorobates scalabrini armadillo
Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae	Megatherium bergi n. sp.², "Pyramiodontherium bergi n. sp." = Pyramiodontherium bergi, "Pyramiodontherium dubium n. sp." = Pyramiodontherium bergi² Megatherium bergi n. sp.² Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate the type. Info from this ref but the primary ref is Moreno y Mercerat 1891 "Pyramiodontherium bergi n. sp." = Pyramiodontherium bergi Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate Holotype: MLP 2-66 "Pyramiodontherium dubium n. sp." = Pyramiodontherium bergi² Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate the type. Info from this ref but the primary ref is Rovereto 1914
- Mylodontidae	Sphenotherus zavaletianus, Scelidotherium pendolai Sphenotherus zavaletianus Ameghino 1891 edentate Scelidotherium pendolai edentate
Theriamorpha - Cyclopedidae	Palaeomyrmidon incomptus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Palaeomyrmidon incomptus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Rovereto 1914 edentate MACN 8098, nearly complete skull
Theriamorpha - Myrmecophagidae	Neotamandua conspicua n. sp.⁴ Neotamandua conspicua n. sp.⁴ Rovereto 1914 edentate
Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae	Brachytherium laternarium Brachytherium laternarium placental
Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae	Promacrauchenia antiqua Promacrauchenia antiqua Ameghino 1887 placental
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Chapalmalania alteafrontis, Cyonasua brevirostris Chapalmalania alteafrontis procyonid carnivore Cyonasua brevirostris Moreno and Mercerat 1891 procyonid carnivore
Rodentia - Dinomyidae	Tetrastylus intermedius n. sp.¹ Tetrastylus intermedius n. sp.¹ Rovereto 1914 caviomorph Holotype: MACNPv 8323 ref 70649 (also mentioned in 51892)
Rodentia - Octodontidae	Pithanotomys columnaris Pithanotomys columnaris Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Rodentia -	Neophanomys biplicatus Neophanomys biplicatus Rovereto 1914 caviomorph
Rodentia - Caviidae	Cardiomys ameghinorum, Palaeocavia sp., Orthomyctera andina, Prodolichotis prisca Cardiomys ameghinorum Rovereto 1914 caviomorph Palaeocavia sp. Ameghino 1889 caviomorph Orthomyctera andina Rovereto 1914 caviomorph Prodolichotis prisca Rovereto 1914 caviomorph
Reptilia
Testudines - Testudinidae	? Chelonoidis gallardoi³ ? Chelonoidis gallardoi³ Rovereto 1914 turtle
Aves
Rheiformes - Rheidae	Opisthodactylus kirchneri n. sp.⁵ Opisthodactylus kirchneri n. sp.⁵ Noriega et al. 2017 rhea

¹Alvarez and Ercoli 2017; ²Cabrera 1928; ³de Broin and de la Fuente 1993; ⁴McDonald et al. 2008; ⁵Noriega et al. 2017; ⁶Reig and Simpson 1972; ⁷Zamorano et al. 2011