North Bank of Ensenada Stream: Late Pleistocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Caiman sp. Spix 1825
Fortier and Rincón 2013
Isolated teeth
Mammalia - Cingulata
Zurita and Ferrero 2009
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Dusicyon gymnocercus Fischer 1814
Prevosti et al. 2005
CICYTTP-PV-M-22
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Gasparini and Ferrero 2010
(1 measurement)
Gasparini and Ferrero 2010
(2 measurements)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Entre Rios County:Diamante
Coordinates: 32.0° South, 60.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Arroyo Feliciano
Stratigraphy comments: the "highest terrace" along the "major rivers and streams" of the province, assigned to the "Lujanian Stage/Age... based on the biochronology of the included mammals"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción collection
Taxonomic list comments:remaining fauna not discussed
Metadata
Also known as:Arroyo de la Ensenada
Database number:93265
Authorizer:J. Alroy, C. Jaramillo, M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Shalap, J. Carrillo, P. Mannion
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-11 13:07:46 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-11 13:07:46
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
31533. B. S. Ferrero and J. I. Noriega. 2007. A new upper Pleistocene tapir from Argentina: remarks on the phylogenetics and diversification of neotropical Tapiridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):504-511 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

52022 D. C. Fortier and A. D. Rincón. 2013. Pleistocene crocodylians from Venezuela, and the description of a new species of Caiman. Quaternary International 305:141-148 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
46179 G. M. Gasparini and B. S. Ferrero. 2010. The Tayassuidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Quaternary of Entre Rios Province. A paleofaunal review in Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 256(2):151-160 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
73455 F. J. Prevosti, J. I. Noriega, C. M. García Esponda and B. S. Ferrero. 2005. Primer registro de Dusicyon gymnocercus (Fisher, 1814) (Carnivora: Canidae) en el Pleistoceno de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Revista Española de Paleontología 20(2):159-167 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
37189 A. E. Zurita and B. S. Ferrero. 2009. Una nueva especie de Neuryurus Ameghino (Mammalia, Glyptodontidae) en el Pleistoceno tardío de la Mesopotamia de Argentina. Geobios 42:663-673 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap]