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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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
Mammalia
Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae	"Achlysictis atrox" = Thylacosmilus "Achlysictis atrox" = Thylacosmilus metatherian
Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae	"Paradidelphys pattersonii" = Hyperdidelphys, cf. Sparassocynus sp.⁶ "Paradidelphys pattersonii" = Hyperdidelphys opossum cf. Sparassocynus sp.⁶ Mercerat 1898 opossum
Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae	Microtragulus catamarcensis Microtragulus catamarcensis Kraglievich 1931 metatherian
Cingulata -	"Eosclerocalyptus planus" = Eosclerocalyptus proximus, Stromaphorus compressidens, Hoplophractus proximus, Phlyctaenopyga ameghinoi, "Plohophorus ameghini n. sp." = Phlyctaenopyga ameghini⁷ "Eosclerocalyptus planus" = Eosclerocalyptus proximus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate Stromaphorus compressidens Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate Hoplophractus proximus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 edentate Phlyctaenopyga ameghinoi edentate "Plohophorus ameghini n. sp." = Phlyctaenopyga ameghini⁷ Moreno 1882 edentate Holotype: MLP-16-101 described by Ameghino 1889
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Paraeuphractus prominens, Chorobates scalabrini Paraeuphractus prominens Moreno and Mercerat 1891 armadillo Chorobates scalabrini armadillo
Xenarthra - Myrmecophagidae	Neotamandua conspicua n. sp.⁴ Neotamandua conspicua n. sp.⁴ Rovereto 1914 edentate
Xenarthra - Cyclopedidae	Palaeomyrmidon incomptus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Palaeomyrmidon incomptus n. gen. n. sp.⁴ Rovereto 1914 edentate MACN 8098, nearly complete skull
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
Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae	Brachytherium laternarium Brachytherium laternarium placental
Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae	Promacrauchenia antiqua Promacrauchenia antiqua Ameghino 1887 placental
Carnivora - Procyonidae	Cyonasua brevirostris, Chapalmalania alteafrontis Cyonasua brevirostris Moreno and Mercerat 1891 procyonid carnivore Chapalmalania alteafrontis procyonid carnivore
Rodentia - Caviidae	Orthomyctera andina, Palaeocavia sp., Prodolichotis prisca, Cardiomys ameghinorum Orthomyctera andina Rovereto 1914 caviomorph Palaeocavia sp. Ameghino 1889 caviomorph Prodolichotis prisca Rovereto 1914 caviomorph Cardiomys ameghinorum Rovereto 1914 caviomorph
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 -	Neophanomys biplicatus Neophanomys biplicatus Rovereto 1914 caviomorph
Rodentia - Octodontidae	Pithanotomys columnaris Pithanotomys columnaris Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae	Typotheriopsis internum Typotheriopsis internum Ameghino 1891 notoungulate
Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae	"Tremacyllus latifrons" = Tremacyllus incipiens, Hemihegetotherium robustum "Tremacyllus latifrons" = Tremacyllus incipiens Rovereto 1914 notoungulate Hemihegetotherium robustum Rovereto 1914 notoungulate
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Xotodon sp. Xotodon sp. Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
Notoungulata - Haplodontheriidae	Toxodontherium sp. Toxodontherium sp. Ameghino 1883 notoungulate

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