Olavarría (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Olavarria

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (36.9° S, 60.3° W: paleocoordinates 36.9° S, 60.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-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 MLP

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 212462: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon tarijensis2 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 edentate
FCS 96.I15/1/2
Scelidotherium leptocephalum2 Owen 1839 edentate
MLP 3-671
Catonyx tarijensis1 Ameghino 1891 edentate
Mylodon darwini Owen 1839 edentate
MLP 3–762, 763, 764