Cueva del Mylodon, Level C (Pleistocene of Chile)

Also known as Cueva del Milodón, Caverna del Mylodon

Where: Chile (51.1° S, 72.6° W: paleocoordinates 51.0° S, 72.6° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• C14

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

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 71341: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama guanicoe2 Müller 1776 guanaco
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
Parahipparion saldiasi2 Roth 1899 horse
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia sp.2 Owen 1838 placental
 Carnivora - Canidae
Dusicyon avus2 Burmeister 1866 Falkland Island wolf
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox1, "Felis listai" = Panthera onca
"Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox1 Leidy 1853 lion
"Panthera onca mesembrina"
"Felis listai" = Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodon listai2 edentate