Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.5° S, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 61.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• assigned to the "San José Sequence;" proposed to be Bonaerian SALMA in age
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, carbonaceous conglomerate and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• Cátedra de Geología Histórica from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca
Primary reference: C. M. Deschamps. 2005. Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(4):733-750 [D. Croft/D. Croft]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63335: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Darin Croft on 11.08.2006, edited by Miranta Kouvari
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Pimelodella aff. leticeps catfish | |
Corydoras paleatus catfish
Callichthys callichthys catfish | |
Percichthys sp. Girard 1854 | |
Aves | |
"Porphyrula sp." = Porphyrio
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Chloephaga "sp. 1" Eyton 1838 waterfowl
Chloephaga "sp. 2" Eyton 1838 waterfowl
"Anas platalea" = Spatula platalea Vieillot 1816 red shoveler | |
Motacillinae indet. Bonaparte 1831 perching bird | |
Rhea sp. Brisson 1760 rhea | |
"Nothura darwini" = Nothura darwinii
"Nothura darwini" = Nothura darwinii Gray 1867 Darwin's nothura | |
Reptilia | |
Hydromedusa tectifera Cope 1869 Argentine snake-necked turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Lestodelphys sp. Tate 1934 Patagonian opussum | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
Hippidion principale Lund 1846 horse | |
Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino 1888 placental
? Macrauchenopsis ensenadensis placental | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary | |
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel | |
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex Burmeister 1854 South American fox | |
Lagostomus sp. Brookes 1828 viscacha | |
Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 caviomorph
Neochoerus cf. tarijensis caviomorph
Galea sp. Meyen 1832 caviomorph | |
Myocastor sp. Kerr 1782 spiny rat
Myocastor columnaris spiny rat | |
Ctenomys kraglievichi Rusconi 1930 caviomorph | |
Lundomys sp., Phyllotis sp., Oxymycterus sp., Akodon cf. iniscatus, Akodon iniscatus, "Akodon cf. azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae, "Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae, Reithrodon auritus
Lundomys sp. Voss and Carleton 1993 mouse
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse
Oxymycterus sp. Waterhouse 1837 hocicudo
Akodon cf. iniscatus Thomas 1919 akodont
Akodon iniscatus Thomas 1919 akodont
"Akodon cf. azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse
"Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse
Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 bunny rat | |
Sclerocalyptus cf. ornatus Owen 1845 edentate | |
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon
Panochthus tuberculatus Owen 1845 glyptodon | |
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo
Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo
Eutatus seguini Gervais 1867 armadillo
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo Noted as n. sp. in Deschamps 2005 but not described
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Scelidotherium cf. leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate
Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate | |
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate |