Lobos Site (Holocene of Argentina)

Where: Argentina (42.7° S, 65.0° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° S, 65.0° W)

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When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marinepoorly lithified and silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Serran, N. Centeno, N. Weiler and J. G. Otero. 2008. Massive death of pinnipeds 1200 years ago: Taphonomic history of the “Lobos site” (Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia, Argentina). Quaternary International 183(1):135-142 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162173: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 19.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Diptera - Fanniidae
Fannia sp.
Fannia sp. Robineau-Desvoidy 1830 fly
 Diptera - Calliphoridae
Cochliomyia macellaria
Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius 1775 secondary screwworm
 Coleoptera - Cleridae
Necrobia rufipes
Necrobia rufipes De Geer 1775 red-legged ham beetle
 Coleoptera - Dermestidae
Dermestes maculatus
Dermestes maculatus De Geer 1774 hide beetle
 Lepidoptera - Tineidae
"Tinea biselliella" = Tineola bisselliella
"Tinea biselliella" = Tineola bisselliella Hummel 1823 common clothes moth
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus sp.
Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Tegulidae
Tegula sp.
Tegula sp. Lesson 1835 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella sp.
Fissurella sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon sp.
Trophon sp. Montfort 1810 murex snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp.
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Otariidae
"Otaria flavescens" = Otaria byronia
"Otaria flavescens" = Otaria byronia Blainville 1820 sea lion
Aves
 Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax spp.
Phalacrocorax spp. Brisson 1760 cormorant
 Charadriiformes - Laridae
Larus spp.
Larus spp. Linnaeus 1758 gull