Los Toldos Site III, Level 10 (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Chubut, Argentina (46.2° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° S, 70.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• C14. C14.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• dates from layers 9 and 11, bracketing layer 10

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: M. T. Alberdi, A.N. Menegaz, and J.L. Prado. 1987. Formas Terminales de Hippidion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) de los Yacimientos del Pleistoceno Tardio-Holoceno de la Patagonia (Argentina y Chile). Estudios Geologia 43:107-115 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71338: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Rheiformes - Rheidae
Rhea sp. Brisson 1760 rhea
 Tinamiformes - Tinamidae
Eudromia sp. Geoffroy 1832 tinamou
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis listai" = Panthera onca
"Felis listai" = Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse