Salado River (MACN general) (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Rio Salado

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (35.7° S, 57.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° S, 57.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MACN

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 212460: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodon darwini Owen 1839 edentate
MACN Pv 991