Barranqueras: Lujanian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Morenelaphus sp.
Carette 1922
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus (Amerhippus) neogeus
(Lund 1840)
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| synonym of Equus caballus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon populator
Lund 1842
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodon cf. gezi
Ameghino 1917
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| Toxodon platensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon sp.
Pohlig 1912
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= Notiomastodon sp.
Cabrera 1929
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chaco |
| Coordinates: | 27.5° South, 58.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.5° South, 58.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Lujanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.30000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lujanense" = Lujanian |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78577 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Carrillo |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-10 21:14:01 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 11:59:51 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-10 21:14:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26422. | A. E. Zurita, A. A. Carlini, G. J. Scillato-Yané and E. P. Tonni. 2004. Mamíferos extintos del Cuaternario de la Provincia del Chaco (Argentina) y su relación con aquéllos del este de la región pampeana y de Chile. Revista geológica de Chile 31(1):65-87 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 66428 | D. Mothé and L. Avilla. 2015. Mythbusting evolutionary issues on South American Gomphotheriidae (Mammalia: Proboscidea). Quaternary Science Reviews 110:23-35 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |