Castelli: Lujanian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Propraopus grandis
Ameghino 1881
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| synonym of Propraopus sulcatus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mothé et al. 2017 | |||||||||
| MCNR 0303 | ||||||||||
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Stegomastodon cf. platensis
(Ameghino 1888)
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| recombined as Notiomastodon platensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chaco |
| Coordinates: | 26.0° South, 60.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.9° South, 60.6° 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: "Bonaerense-Lujanense (Pleistoceno medio- Holoceno temprano)" = 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: | 78579 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Kouvari |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-02-10 21:17:43 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 12:00:36 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-02-10 21:17:43 |
| 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:
| 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] |