Villa Ballester (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.5° S, 58.6° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 57.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1934. Tercera noticia sobre los vertebrados fosiles de las Arenas Puelchenses de Villa Ballester. Anales de la Socieded Cientifica Argentina 117:19-37 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 53926: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.09.2005, edited by Kateryn Pino and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Onohippidion saldiasi puelchensis n. ssp.
unclassified
  -
Macrocavia simpsoni, Notopachyrucos tambuttoi, Palacolama weddelli paredii, Sphirna prisca, Chlorophora tinctoria
Angiospermae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
Erythrina cristagalli
 Rosales - Mimosaceae
Prosopis nigra
 Sapindales - Anacardiaceae
Schinopsis lorentzii, Schinopsis ? lorentzii
Schinopsis lorentzii Engler 1881 cashew
Schinopsis ? lorentzii Engler 1881 cashew
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
Cedrela fissilis
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Odontaspis abbatei, "Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
Odontaspis abbatei sand tiger shark
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja agassizi
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
? Eumegamys sp., Gyriabrus latidens, Gyriabrus quadratus
? Eumegamys sp. Kraglievich 1926 caviomorph
Gyriabrus latidens Rusconi 1945 caviomorph
Gyriabrus quadratus Rusconi 1945 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Myocastor priscus
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoeropsis fontanai, "Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis n. gen. n. sp." = Hydrochoerus ballesterensis, ? Cardiomys sp.
"Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis n. gen. n. sp." = Hydrochoerus ballesterensis Rusconi 1949 capybara
? Cardiomys sp. Ameghino 1885 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
"Lagostomopsis sp." = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis)
"Lagostomopsis sp." = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich 1926 viscacha
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Antifer crassus n. sp.
Antifer crassus n. sp. Rusconi 1934 marsh deer
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
? Macrauchenia sp., ? Oxyodontherium sp.
? Macrauchenia sp. Owen 1838 placental
? Oxyodontherium sp. Ameghino 1883 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Onohippidion sp." = Hippidion
"Onohippidion sp." = Hippidion Owen 1869 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus (Tapiralum) greslebini n. sp.
Tapirus (Tapiralum) greslebini n. sp. Rusconi 1934 tapir
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium cf. tarijensis
  - Mylodontidae
? Scelidodon sp.
? Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp., Glyptodon sp.
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
? Venericardia sp.
? Venericardia sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"? Psammobia sp." = Gari (Psammobia)
"? Psammobia sp." = Gari (Psammobia) clam