Paso de la Tufa (Pliocene of Argentina)

Also known as Ca. 13.3 km upstream from the mouth of the Quequén Salado

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.8° S, 60.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.9° S, 59.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irene Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; brown siltstone

• None; the outcrop consists of a single level of loessoid pinkish-brown silts.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MLP

Primary reference: U. F. J. Pardinas, F. J. Prevosti, D. Voglino and M. Cenizo. 2017. A controversial unit within the argentine neogene: the “Irenean” fauna. Ameghiniana 54(6):655-680 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191773: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 14.02.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Paedotherium sp.
Paedotherium sp. Burmeister 1888 notoungulate
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Xenodontomys ellipticus
Xenodontomys ellipticus Kraglievich 1927 caviomorph