Palmirense ( of Uruguay)

Where: Uruguay (33.6° S, 58.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 51.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Fray Bentos Formation, Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Mones and M. Ubilla. 1978. La Edad Deseadense (Oligoceno inferior) de la Formación Fray Bentos y su contenido paleontológico, con especial referencia a la presencia de Proborhyaena cf. gigantea Ameghino (Marsupialia: Borhyaenidae) en el Uruguay. Nota preliminar. Comunicaciones Paleontológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 7(1):151-158 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176487: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 14.02.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Castellanos 1948:21, Roselli 1976:166
Mammalia
 Rodentia -
Palmiramys waltheri n. gen. n. sp.
Palmiramys waltheri n. gen. n. sp. Kraglievich 1932 caviomorph
Kraglievich 1932a:314-316
  - Mylodontidae
? Scelidodon sp.
? Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
Kraglievich 1928b:21
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypodon atavus, Doellotatus sp.
Dasypodon atavus armadillo
Castellanos 1937:34
Doellotatus sp. Bordas 1932 armadillo
Castellanos 1937:34
 Cingulata -
Urotherium interundatum
Urotherium interundatum Ameghino 1885 edentate
Castellanos 1948:21
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
? Vassallia sp.
? Vassallia sp. Castellanos 1927 edentate
Roselli 1976:164
 Cingulata -
"Berthawyleria sp." = Pseudoplohophorus
"Berthawyleria sp." = Pseudoplohophorus Castellanos 1926 edentate
Castellanos 1948:22; Roselli 1976:164-165
 Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Pseudohegetotherium palmirense n. sp., Hegetotherium sp.
Pseudohegetotherium palmirense n. sp. notoungulate
Kraglievich 1932a:318-319
Hegetotherium sp. Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
Roselli 1976:162-163
 Notoungulata - Interatheriidae
Fiandraia romeii n. gen. n. sp., Protypotherium sp.
Fiandraia romeii n. gen. n. sp. notoungulate
Roselli 1976:155-162
Protypotherium sp. Ameghino 1882 notoungulate
Kraglievich 1932a:314