Bajo San Jose (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.5° S, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 61.8° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Psefitico Inferio Member (Agua Blanca Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• no dates, although a C14 for a correlated locality (Saldungaray) is mentioned

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. M. Deschamps and A. M. Borromei. 1992. La fauna de vertebrados pleistocénicos del Bajo San José (provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina). Aspectos paleoambientales. Ameghiniana 29(2):177-183 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71316: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.02.1999, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• birds, reptiles and fishes also present
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Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Lestodelphys sp.
Lestodelphys sp. Tate 1934 Patagonian opussum
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancinae indet.
Anancinae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium sp., Lestodon armatus, Glossotherium sp.
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp.
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Chaetophractus villosus, Zaedyus sp., Eutatus seguini, Tolypeutes sp.
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo
Zaedyus sp. Ameghino 1889 armadillo
Eutatus seguini Gervais 1867 armadillo
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Doedicurus sp., Glyptodon clavipes, Panochthus sp.
Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet.
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
"Felis sp."
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama gracilis, Hemiauchenia sp.
Lama gracilis Gervais and Ameghino 1980 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Morenelaphus sp.
Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis
Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino 1888 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp.
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus maximus
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus sp., Galea sp.
Hydrochoerus sp. Brisson 1762 capybara
Galea sp. Meyen 1832 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys cf. talarum
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae
"Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Hydromedusa cf. tectifera
Hydromedusa cf. tectifera Cope 1869 Argentine snake-necked turtle
UNSGH 467-468-477-556-573, shell fragments