Punta Lobería (Pliocene of Argentina)

Also known as Barranca de Punta Lobería

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.1° S, 57.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° S, 56.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Chapadmalal Formation, Chapadmalalan (4.0 - 3.0 Ma)

• "Chapadmalal Formation, ‘upper Chapadmalalan’ Stage, Pliocene" (Pérez Ben et al. 2014)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. D. Risso Domínguez in 1949

Primary reference: C. M. Pérez Ben, R. O. Gómez, and A. M. Báez. 2014. Intraspecific morphological variation and its implications in the taxonomic status of ‘Bufo pisanoi,’ a Pliocene anuran from eastern Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(4):767-773 [P. Mannion/C. VanBuren]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 197964: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.12.2018, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
"Bufo pisanoi" = Rhinella arenarum
"Bufo pisanoi" = Rhinella arenarum Hensel 1867 toad
MMP 779, three-dimensionally preserved right nasal and anterior portion of left maxilla
Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium chapadmalense Kraglievich 1925 edentate
MMP 273-S