Also known as ‘Toscas’’ del Río de La Plata
Where: Argentina (35.7° S, 55.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.7° S, 55.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Ensenadan to Ensenadan (1.8 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone
•fluvial paleovalley, on sandy sediments of the littoral depositional sequence of the transgressive system tract that formed during the elevation of sea level (PARKER & VIOLANTE, 1993).
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A.L. Cione, E.P. Tonni, and A. Dondas. 2005. A mastodont (Mammalia, Gomphotheriidae) from the Argentinian continental shelf. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte 10:614-630 [P. Holroyd/K. Magoulick]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 203949: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Katherine Magoulick on 28.08.2019, edited by Grace Varnham and Miranta Kouvari
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gomphotheriidae indet.4, "Notiomastodon platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis4, "Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Notiomastodon platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis4 Ameghino 1888 gomphothere MACN Pv 2919 MACN Pv 2919
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere | |
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Mesotherium cristatum1 Serres 1857 notoungulate Holotype: MNHN.F.PAM 2, Complete skull with I1-M3 on both sides and complete mandible with i1-m3 on both sides.; MNHN.F.PAM 356 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Right fragmented mandibular body with m1-m3.; MNHN.F.PAM 180 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Complete mandible with right and left i1-m3.; MNHN.F.PAM 181 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Right fragmented mandibular body with p4-m3.; MNHN.F.PAM 362 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Rostral portion of skull with left M1-M2 and right M1-M3.; MNHN.F.PAM 263 (holotype of Typotherium. pachygnatum), Fragmented mandible with complete left mandibular ramus and fragmented right mandibular ramus, complete dentition except damaged incisors.;
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