Arroyo Toropi-Level 3 (Pleistocene to of Argentina)

Where: Corrientes, Argentina (28.6° S, 59.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 58.8° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Yupoi Formation, Ensenadan to Ensenadan (1.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float)

Primary reference: B.B. Alvarez. 1974. Los Mamiferos Fosiles del Cuaternario de Arroyo Toropi, Corrientes (Argentina). Ameghiniana 11(3):295-311 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71288: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 10.02.1999, edited by John Orcutt and Juan Carrillo

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Dolichotis sp., Galea sp.
Dolichotis sp. Desmarest 1820 mara
Galea sp. Meyen 1832 caviomorph
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp.2
Hippidion sp.2 Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama sp.2
Lama sp.2 Cuvier 1800 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Morenelaphus brachyceros2
Morenelaphus brachyceros2 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 New World deer
 Carnivora - Canidae
Theriodictis sp.
Theriodictis sp. Mercerat 1891 canine
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon gracilis2, Toxodon cf. platensis2
Toxodon gracilis2 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 notoungulate
Toxodon cf. platensis2 Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Notiomastodon sp.1
Notiomastodon sp.1 Cabrera 1929 gomphothere
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Tolypeutes sp.2, "Propraopus cf. grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus2
Tolypeutes sp.2 Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo
"Propraopus cf. grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus2 Lund 1838 armadillo
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium typum2, Holmesina paulacouti2
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon cf. reticulatus2, Panochthus sp.
Glyptodon cf. reticulatus2 Owen 1845 glyptodon
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon sp.
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
1Mothé and Avilla 2015; 2Scillato-Yané et al. 1998