Bella Vista (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Corrientes, Argentina (28.5° S, 59.1° W: paleocoordinates 28.5° S, 59.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. R. Miño-Boilini and A. A. Carlini. 2009. The Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1904 (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan–Lujanian Stage/Ages (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene–Early Holocene) of Argentina. Quarternary International 210:93-101 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212837: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 21.08.2020, edited by Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
MACN Pv 16684
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
CTES-PZ 1690
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate
CTES-PZ 7444