Arroyo Pavón (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (33.2° S, 60.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.2° S, 60.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. D. Carrillo‐Briceño, R. I. Vezzosi, K. M. Ming, Z. M. Christen, D. Mothé, D. Ruiz‐Ramoni, and M. R. Sánchez‐Villagra1. 2023. Nearctic Pleistocene ungulates from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical collections of Santiago Roth in Switzerland: an overview. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142(12) [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232457: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 23.11.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium americanum1
Megatherium americanum1 Cuvier 1796 edentate
PIMUZ A/V 483
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium bravardi1, Mylodontinae indet.1, Glossotherium robustum1
Scelidotherium bravardi1 Lydekker 1886 edentate
PIMUZ A/V 507, 519
Mylodontinae indet.1 Gill 1872 edentate
PIMUZ A/V 4099
Glossotherium robustum1 Owen 1842 edentate
PIMUZ A/V 4144
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet., Hemiauchenia paradoxa, Hemiauchenia cf. paradoxa
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
PIMUZ A/V 4286
Hemiauchenia paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
PIMUZ A/V 4287
Hemiauchenia cf. paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
PIMUZ A/V 4257, PIMUZ A/V 4179
 Carnivora - Canidae
Lycalopex sp.2
Lycalopex sp.2 Burmeister 1854 South American fox
PIMUZ A/V 4246
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
1Le Verger 2023; 2Ruiz‐Ramoni et al. 2023