Arroyo Toropi-Level 2 (Pleistocene of Argentina)

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

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Suelo Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 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 71290: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 10.02.1999, edited by John Orcutt

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp.
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium typum
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
"Propraopus cf. grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus
"Propraopus cf. grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp.
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon sp., "Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon
Stegomastodon sp. Pohlig 1912 gomphothere
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon Cabrera 1929 gomphothere
Stegomastodon
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Galea sp.
Galea sp. Meyen 1832 caviomorph
 Carnivora - Felidae
Panthera sp.
Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
"Epieuryceros sp." = Blastocerus
"Epieuryceros sp." = Blastocerus Wagner 1844 marsh deer
Blastocerus
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama sp.
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet., Tayassu sp.
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse