Near Mojotorillo, Potosí (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (19.6° S, 65.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 65.2° 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; sandstone

• sandy sediments with intercalations of some conglomerate levels

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN (La Paz)

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 212468: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp.
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
UATF-V n/n (almost complete dorsal carapace)
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodon darwini
Mylodon darwini Owen 1839 edentate
MNHN-BOL-V 006470