Cerro de los Guanacos (Neogene of Argentina)

Where: La Pampa, Argentina (36.6° S, 67.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.8° S, 64.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cerro Azul Formation, Huayquerian (8.0 - 5.0 Ma)

• The Cerro Azul Formation is referrecl to the Huayquerian (Late Miocene) based on the presence of severa! groups of fossil mammals.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Esteban, et al. 2000: Todos los ejemplares analizados están depositados en

•la Cátedra de Geología Histórica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad Nacional ele La Pampa, Argentina, cuyo acrónimo es GHUNLPam

Primary reference: G. I. Esteban, N. L. Nasif, and C. I. Montalvo. 2000. Nuevos registros de Dasypodidae (Xenarthra) del Mioceno tardío de la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Revista Espanola de Paleontología 16(1):77-87 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204360: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 06.09.2019, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Hemihegetotherium achataleptum Rovereto 1914 notoungulate
GHUNLPam 9964, GHUNLPam 9984, GHUNLPam 9991, GHUNLPam 9998
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Chasicotatus ameghinoi Scillato-Yané 1977 armadillo
Vetelia perforata Scillato-Yané 1977 armadillo