North Bank of Ensenada Stream (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Arroyo de la Ensenada

Where: Entre Rios, Argentina (32.0° S, 60.6° W: paleocoordinates 32.0° S, 60.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arroyo Feliciano Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• the "highest terrace" along the "major rivers and streams" of the province, assigned to the "Lujanian Stage/Age... based on the biochronology of the included mammals"

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Collection methods: Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción collection

Primary reference: B. S. Ferrero and J. I. Noriega. 2007. A new upper Pleistocene tapir from Argentina: remarks on the phylogenetics and diversification of neotropical Tapiridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):504-511 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 93265: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 11.01.2010, edited by Philip Mannion, Margaret Shalap and Juan Carrillo

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• remaining fauna not discussed
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Caiman sp.1 Spix 1825 caiman
Isolated teeth
Mammalia
 Cingulata -
Neuryurus trabeculatus n. sp.4 edentate
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Dusicyon gymnocercus" = Pseudalopex gymnocercus3
"Dusicyon gymnocercus" = Pseudalopex gymnocercus3 Fischer 1814 pampas fox
CICYTTP-PV-M-22
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus mesopotamicus n. sp. Ferrero and Noriega 2007 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Catagonus sp.2 Ameghino 1904 Chacoan peccary
cf. Catagonus sp.2 Ameghino 1904 Chacoan peccary