Malo Creek: Lujanian, Uruguay

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Reithrodon sp. Waterhouse 1837
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Galea sp. Meyen 1832
Dolichotis sp. Desmarest 1820
Cavia sp. Pallas 1766
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Coendou magnus Lund 1839
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers 1818)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Lycalopex gymnocercus (Fischer 1814)
Manzuetti et al. 2020
FC–DPV 2855
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
FC-DPV-1889
Manzuetti et al. 2021
FC-DPV 2890, skull and mandible
Manzuetti et al. 2022
FC-DPV 1890
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mammalia - Camelidae
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
FC-DPV-1822
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus neogeus (Lund 1840)
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
? Neolicaphrium recens Frenguelli 1921
    = Neolicaphrium cf. recens Frenguelli 1921
Ubilla et al. 2011
FC-DPV-749
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Uruguay
Coordinates: 32.1° South, 56.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Lujanian
Age range of interval: 0.4 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 58.3 ± 7.4 to 32.8 ± 1.9 Ka (14C (calibrated))
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sopas
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Arroyo Malo; Curtina
Database number:71325
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:K. Sears, P. Mannion, G. Varnham
Modifier:P. Mannion
Created:1999-02-16 19:26:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-16 19:26:42
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
73160. M. Ubilla, D. Perea, A. Rinderknecht and A. Corona. 2009. Pleistocene mammals from Uruguay: Biostratigraphic, biogeographic and environmental connotations. Quaternário do Rio Grande do Sul 217-230 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

86910 A. Manzuetti, W. Jones, D. Perea, M. Ubilla, A. Rinderknecht and P. Toriño. 2022. The state of knowledge of the jaguar Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora, Felidae) during the Quaternary in Uruguay. Comptes Rendus Palevol 21(31):707-720 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
73546 A. Manzuetti, M. Ubilla, A. Rinderknecht and D. Perea. 2020. The pampas fox Lycalopex gymnocercus (Fischer, 1814) (Carnivora, Canidae) in the late Pleistocene of northern Uruguay. Ameghiniana [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
81630 A. Manzuetti, M. Ubilla, W. Jones, D. Perea, and F. J. Prevosti. 2021. The ocelot Leopardus pardalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Carnivora, Felidae) in the late Pleistocene of Uruguay. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
24006 M. Ubilla. 1985. Mamiferos Fosiles, Geocronologia y Paleoecologia de la Fm. Sopas (Pleistoceno sup.) del Uruguay. Ameghiniana 22(3-4):185-196 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]
73213 M. Ubilla, D. Perea, M. Bond and A. Rinderknecht. 2011. The first cranial remains of the Pleistocene proterotheriid Neolicaphrium Frenguelli, 1921 (Mammalia, Litopterna): a comparative approach. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):193-201 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]