List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Scelidodon sp.
Ameghino 1881
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Miño-Boilini and Carlini 2009 | |||||||||
| MACN 1041, MACN 994 y 995 | ||||||||||
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Catonyx tarijensis
Ameghino 1891
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Miño-Boilini 2016 | |||||||||
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Scelidotherium sp.
Owen 1839
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Miño-Boilini and Carlini 2009 | |||||||||
| MACN 2289, | ||||||||||
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Scelidotherium bravardi
Lydekker 1886
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Miño-Boilini and Carlini 2009 | |||||||||
| BMNH 37626, 37630/31/ 32/33/34/35, 37644/49 Type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Mesotheriidae
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Mesotherium cristatum
Serres 1857
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Fernández-Monescillo et al. 2023 | |||||||||
| Holotype: MNHN.F.PAM 2, Complete skull with I1-M3 on both sides and complete mandible with i1-m3 on both sides.; MNHN.F.PAM 356 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Right fragmented mandibular body with m1-m3.; MNHN.F.PAM 180 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Complete mandible with right and left i1-m3.; MNHN.F.PAM 181 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Right fragmented mandibular body with p4-m3.; MNHN.F.PAM 362 (paratype of Mesotherium cristatum), Rostral portion of skull with left M1-M2 and right M1-M3.; MNHN.F.PAM 263 (holotype of Typotherium. pachygnatum), Fragmented mandible with complete left mandibular ramus and fragmented right mandibular ramus, complete dentition except damaged incisors.; | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mothé et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| FML 1517 MACN Pv 5512 MACN Pv 5512 | ||||||||||
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Notiomastodon platensis
(Ameghino 1888)
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Mothé et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| MACN Pv 2919 MACN Pv 2919 | ||||||||||
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Stegomastodon waringi
(Holland 1920)
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| synonym of Notiomastodon platensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina |
| Coordinates: | 35.7° South, 55.8° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.7° South, 55.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Lithology description: The Stegomastodon jaw, encrusted with marine invertebrates, was found southward of the fluvial paleovalley, on sandy sediments of the littoral depositional sequence of the transgressive system tract that formed during the elevation of sea level (PARKER & VIOLANTE, 1993). | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | ‘Toscas’’ del Río de La Plata | ||
| Database number: | 203949 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd, P. Mannion | Enterer: | K. Magoulick, G. Varnham, M. Kouvari |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | ||
| Created: | 2019-08-28 14:03:26 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 13:04:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-28 14:03:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 69902. | A.L. Cione, E.P. Tonni, and A. Dondas. 2005. A mastodont (Mammalia, Gomphotheriidae) from the Argentinian continental shelf. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte 10:614-630 [P. Holroyd/K. Magoulick] |
Secondary references:
| 81936 | M. Fernández-Monescillo, D. A. Croft, F. Pujos and P. Antoine. 2023. Taxonomic history and intraspecific analysis of Mesotherium cristatum (Mammalia, Notoungulata, Mesotheriidae) from the Early-Middle Pleistocene of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Historical Biology 35(6):1028-1040 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/K. Pino] | |
| 73481 | A. R. Miño-Boilini. 2016. Additions to the knowledge of the ground sloth Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Pilosa) in the Pleistocene of Argentina. Paläontologische Gesellschaft 90:173-183 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 73492 | A. R. Miño-Boilini and A. A. Carlini. 2009. The Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1904 (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan–Lujanian Stage/Ages (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene–Early Holocene) of Argentina. Quarternary International 210:93-101 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 73598 | D. Mothé, L. dos Santos Avilla, L. Asevedo, L. Borges-Silva, M. Rosas, R. Labarca-Encina, R. Souberlich, E. Soibelzon, J. L. Roman-Carrion, S. D. Ríos, A. D. Rincon, G. Cardoso Oliveira, and R. P. Lopes. 2017. Sixty years after ‘The mastodonts of Brazil’: The state of the art of South American proboscideans (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae). Quaternary International 443:52-64 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari] |