Playa del Barco (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Pehuén-Có, Monte Hermoso

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (39.0° S, 61.4° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° S, 61.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: MPA

Primary reference: F. de Broin and M. de la Fuente. 1993. Les tortues fossiles d'Argentine: synthese [The fossil turtles of Argentina: synthesis]. Annales de Paléontologie (Invertebrés-Vertebrés) 79(3):169-232 [R. Benson/R. Benson/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189517: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 25.10.2017, edited by Miranta Kouvari and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
giant size
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Notiomastodon ornatus n. gen. n. sp." = Notiomastodon platensis1
"Notiomastodon ornatus n. gen. n. sp." = Notiomastodon platensis1 Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
the type
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion principale2 Lund 1846 horse
MMH-87.11.031