Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.2° S, 59.1° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 59.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pampean Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Prado and Cerdeño 1998: Fidalgo (en Tonni y Laza, 1980) señala que los sedimentos denominados «pampeanos» de Quequén Grande son referibles a la Formación Pampiano (Fidalgo et al., 1973).
Environment/lithology: loess; brown lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the MLP
Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,
• Prado and Cerdeño 1998: Los restos estudiados en este trabajo pertenecen a las colec- ciones del Museo de Historia y Tradición de Lobería (MHTL), Museo «Bemardino Rivadavia» de Buenos Aires (MBR) y a la más reciente realizada por uno de los autores (J. L. P.), depositada en el Museo de La Plata (MLP).
Primary reference: J. L. Prado and E. Cerdeño. 1998. Los mamíferos pliocenos de la fauna local Quequén Grande (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Estudios Geológicos 54:75-83 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202096: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 22.06.2019, edited by Mark Uhen and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Tremacyllus impressus, Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium typicum, "Paedotherium insigne" = Paedotherium bonaerense
Tremacyllus impressus Ameghino 1888 notoungulate
Paedotherium sp. Burmeister 1888 notoungulate
Paedotherium typicum Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
"Paedotherium insigne" = Paedotherium bonaerense Ameghino 1887 notoungulate | |
Palaeocavia impar Ameghino 1888 caviomorph | |
"Lagostomopsis sp." = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis), "Lagostomus incisus" = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) incisus3
"Lagostomopsis sp." = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich 1926 viscacha
"Lagostomus incisus" = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) incisus3 Ameghino 1888 viscacha originally referred to as Lagostomus sp. but at least three of the specimens are attributable to L. incisus (MHTL P-240, MLP 87-V-20-21 and MLP 87-V- 20-22)
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Actenomys sp. Burmeister 1888 caviomorph | |
Eumysops laeviplicatus Ameghino 1888 spiny rat | |
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Ringueletia simpsoni Bordas 1933 armadillo
Euphractini indet. Winge 1923 armadillo
Chorobates rescens armadillo | |
Argyrolagus sp. Ameghino 1904 metatherian | |
Hyperdidelphys parvula Ameghino 1904 opossum
Hyperdidelphys cf. inexpectata Ameghino 1889 opossum | |
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Anatidae indet.1, Dendrocygna sp.1, "Anas cf. sibilatrix" = Mareca sibilatrix1, cf. Callonetta sp.1, Chloephaga sp.1, Anatinae indet.1
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