Where: Uruguay (34.7° S, 56.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° S, 55.6° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: San José Formation, Montehermosan to Montehermosan (5.0 - 0.4 Ma)

• other age:Early Pleistocene/Late Pliocene

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•McDonald & Perea. 2002: The currently available biostratigraphic data limits the age of the San José Formation from the Montehermosan to Ensenadan.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: A. Mones. 1988. Notas Paleontologicas Uruguayas, IV. Nuevos Registros de Mamiferos Fosiles de la Formacion San Jose (Plioceno-Pleistoceno Inferior) (Mammalia: Xenartha; Artiodactyla; Rodentia). Comunicaciones Paleontologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 1(20):255-270 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71309: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 14.02.1999, edited by Juan Carrillo

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