PBDB Collection

Loventué (Neogene of Argentina)

Also known as La Salada

Where: La Pampa, Argentina (36.8° S, 65.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.0° S, 63.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• Prevosti et al. 2023: The Cerro Azul Formation localities cover the range between ca. 8 to ca. 5.7 Ma (late Tortonian–Messinian; Late Miocene; Fig. 3; Supplementary Online Information 1, Tab. S8). 7.228 Ma for Loventué (6.946-7.691 Ma).

• 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 204363: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 06.09.2019, edited by Grace Varnham, Philip Mannion and Kateryn Pino

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae	Pseudotypotherium subinsigne⁸ Pseudotypotherium subinsigne⁸ Rovereto 1914 notoungulate GHUNLPam 152, 9253, 14774, 814/1
Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae	Paedotherium minor⁸, Hemihegetotherium achataleptum¹, Hemihegetotherium torresi⁶ Paedotherium minor⁸ Cabrera 1937 notoungulate Hemihegetotherium achataleptum¹ Rovereto 1914 notoungulate GHUNLPam 21680, GHUNLPam 21682 Hemihegetotherium torresi⁶ Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931 notoungulate
Rodentia - Echimyidae	Reigechimys plesiodon⁶, Pampamys emmonsae⁶ Reigechimys plesiodon⁶ Verzi et al. 1994 spiny rat Pampamys emmonsae⁶ Verzi et al. 1995 spiny rat
Rodentia - Abrocomidae	Protabrocoma antiqua⁶ Protabrocoma antiqua⁶ Rovereto 1914 chinchilla rat
Rodentia - Octodontidae	Metacaremys calfucalel⁵ Metacaremys calfucalel⁵ Piñero et al. 2021 caviomorph GHUNLPam 14127, 14773
Rodentia - Chinchillidae	Lagostomus pretrichodactyla⁴, Lagostomus telenkechanum⁴ Lagostomus pretrichodactyla⁴ Rovereto 1914 viscacha GHUNLPam 9205 left mandible with i and p4-m3. Lagostomus telenkechanum⁴ Rasia and Candela 2017 viscacha GHUNLPam 14800 left mandible with p4 and broken m1-3.
Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae	Macraucheniinae indet.⁷ Macraucheniinae indet.⁷ Gervais 1855 placental
Cingulata -	Coscinocercus sp.⁶, Aspidocalyptus castroi⁶ Coscinocercus sp.⁶ Cabrera 1939 edentate Aspidocalyptus castroi⁶ Cabrera 1939 edentate
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Macrochorobates scalabrinii, Euphractini indet.⁹, Chorobates villosissimus, Macroeuphractus morenoi, Doellotatus inornatus, Chasicotatus ameghinoi Macrochorobates scalabrinii Moreno and Mercerat 1891 armadillo Euphractini indet.⁹ Winge 1923 armadillo Euphractini incertae sedis Chorobates villosissimus Reig 1958 armadillo Macroeuphractus morenoi Lydekker 1894 armadillo Doellotatus inornatus Rovereto 1914 armadillo Chasicotatus ameghinoi Scillato-Yané 1977 armadillo
- Mylodontidae	Proscelidodon gracillimus³ Proscelidodon gracillimus³ Rovereto 1914 edentate GHUNLPam 4335
Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae	Mcdonaldocnus sp.² Mcdonaldocnus sp.² Gaudin et al. 2022 edentate GHUNLPam 14885

¹Cerdeño and Montalvo 2002; ²Miño-Boilini et al. 2023; ³Montalvo et al. 2020; ⁴Montalvo et al. 2023; ⁵Piñero et al. 2021; ⁶Romano et al. 2023; ⁷Schmidt et al. 2022; ⁸Sostillo et al. 2021; ⁹Urrutia et al. 2008