Arroyo Loberia: Early Pleistocene, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus sp. Brookes 1828
unclassified
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Dolichotis sp. Desmarest 1820
Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae
Pithanotomys sp. Ameghino 1887
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800
unclassified
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Windhausenia sp. Kraglievich 1930
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Onohippidium sp. Moreno 1891
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Dusicyon sp. Hamilton Smith 1839
Protocyon scagliarum Kraglievich 1952
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796
unclassified
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Cuadrelli et al. 2019
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Paedotherium sp. Burmeister 1888
Tremacyllus sp. Ameghino 1891
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Mesotherium sp. Serres 1867
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Mammalia - Argyrolagidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 38.0° South, 57.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.0° South, 57.5° West (Wright 2013)
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pleistocene Zone:  Marplatan (Vorohuen)
Age range of interval: 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Vorohué
Stratigraphy comments: Vorohué Formation, Marplatan Age/Stage, Vorohuean Subage/Substage (late Pliocene). Prevosti & Pomi (2007) suggest this is early Pleistocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: limolita tufacea arenosa, pardo grisacea
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:71304
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion Enterer:K. Sears, G. Varnham
Modifier:M. Uhen
Created:1999-02-12 13:11:42 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-12 13:11:42
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24008. O. A. Reig. 1957. Un Mustelido del Genero Galictis del Eocuartario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Ameghiniana 1(1-2):33-47 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

73494 F. Cuadrelli, A. E. Zurita, P. Toriño, A. R. Miño-Boilini, S. Rodríguez-Bualó, D. Perea, and G. E. Acuña Suárez. 2019. Late Pleistocene Glyptodontinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) from southern South America: a comprehensive review. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1525390:1-18 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]