El Boyero village (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Entre Ríos, Argentina (31.4° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° S, 58.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: El Palmar Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Early Lujanian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone

• unit is composed of quartz sands and lenses of siliceous pebbles and gravels

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Brandoni, B. S. Ferrero, and E. Brunetto. 2010. Mylodon darwini Owen (Xenarthra, Mylodontinae) from the late Pleistocene of Mesopotamia, Argentina, with remarks on individual variability, paleobiology, paleobiogeography, and paleoenvironment. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1547-1558 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212459: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodon darwini
Mylodon darwini Owen 1839 edentate
MACNC Pv 2334