Power Line Post 219: Pleistocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptodon sp.
Owen 1839
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Mendoza |
| Coordinates: | 33.4° South, 68.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.5° South, 68.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Specimen found disjointed at the surface |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,gray unlithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 113479 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Shalap |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | ||
| Created: | 2011-07-31 11:55:10 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 12:10:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-07-31 11:55:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36823. | A. M. Forasiepi, A. G. Martinelli, A. E. Zurita and H. Ponce. 2009. Primer Registro de Glyptodon Owen (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) para el Pleistoceno de la Provincia de Mendoza (Argentina). Mastozoología Neotropical 16(1):217-222 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap/M. Shalap] |