PBDB Collection

Arroyo Chasicó: Chasicoan, Argentina

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

	Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)	Bondesio et al. 1980
	leg bone
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

	Procardiomys martinoi Pascual 1961	Pascual 1961

	Cardiomys sp. Ameghino 1885	Bondesio et al. 1980
	two craniodental specimens

	Cardiomys leufuensis n. sp. Pérez et al. 2018	Pérez et al. 2018
	MLP 55-IV-28-11 (type). Also, specimen MLP 29-IX-3-19 (semi-complete post cranial ref 70039)

	? Parodimys sp. Kraglievich 1932	Bondesio et al. 1980
	mandible

	Orthomyctera sp. Ameghino 1889	Bondesio et al. 1980
	three specimens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae

	Cardiatheriinae indet. Kraglievich 1930	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one tooth

	Procardiatherium sp. Ameghino 1885	Bondesio et al. 1980
	three teeth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

	? Tetrastylus sp. Ameghino 1886	Bondesio et al. 1980
	a tooth
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

	Lagostominae indet. Wiegmann 1832	Bondesio et al. 1980
	three craniodental specimens

	Lagostomus telenkechanum n. sp. Rasia and Candela 2017	Rasia and Candela 2017
	Holotype MLP-Pv 60-VI-18-100 and other specimens
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

	Paranauchenia hystata	Schmidt et al. 2022

	Cullinia levis Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931	Schmidt et al. 2022
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

	Proterotheriinae indet. Ameghino 1885	Bondesio et al. 1980
	partial limb bone

	Brachytherium sp. Ameghino 1883	Cerdeno 2000
	MCNAM-PV 3222 - 25

	Neobrachytherium ullumense Soria 2001	Schmidt et al. 2022
Mammalia - Cingulata

	Palaehoplophorini informal 1	Bondesio et al. 1980
	four osteoderms

	Palaehoplophorini informal 2	Bondesio et al. 1980
	ten osteoderms

	Palaehoplophorini informal 3	Bondesio et al. 1980
	five osteoderms

	Palaehoplophorini informal 4	Bondesio et al. 1980
	two osteoderms

	Palaehoplophorini informal 5	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm

	Palaehoplophorini informal 6	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm

	Palaehoplophorini informal 7	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm

	? Palaehoplophorini informal 8	Bondesio et al. 1980
	four osteoderms

	Palaehoplophorini informal 9	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

	Kraglievichia sp. Castellanos 1927	Scillato-Yané 1977
	two osteoderms. M.L.P.: 55-N-28-84; 60-VI-18-68; CH lla(l). M.M'.P.: 265-M; ' 358-M (ref 27152 also)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

	Plohophorini informal 1	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm and two osteoderms from the tail

	Plohophorini informal 2	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm from the tail

	Sclerocalyptini informal 1	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm

	? Sclerocalyptini informal 2	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one osteoderm
Mammalia - Cingulata

	Epipeltephilus kanti n. sp. Gonzalez-Ruiz et al. 2012	Gonzalez-Ruiz et al. 2012
	Holotype: MLP 92-XI-19-7 and others. The type comes from the lower part of the Vivero member
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

	Vetelia perforata n. sp. Scillato-Yané 1977	Scillato-Yané 1977
	seven specimens. Holotype: MLP 28-X-11-45 (also ref 27152)

	Chasicotatus ameghinoi n. gen., n. sp. Scillato-Yané 1977	Scillato-Yané 1977
	eight specimens. Holotype: MLP CH 10 (also ref 27152)

	Proeuphractus sp. Ameghino 1886	Scillato-Yané 1977
	four specimens. M.L.P.: 28-X-1l-62; 28-X-11-67; 55-N-28-81a; 55-N-28-87a; 60-VI-18-77; 60-VI-18-78; CH 19; CH 35a; CH 36. M.M.P.: 264-M; 285-S. Also ref 71054: MCNAM-PV 3226, 7

	Peltephilinae indet. Lydekker 1894	Scillato-Yané 1977
	MLP 28-X-11-88
Mammalia - Megalonychidae

	Protomegalonyx chasicoensis Scillato-Yané 1977	Brandoni 2009
	femur MMP M 478
Mammalia - Megatheriidae

	Anisodontherium n. gen. halmyronomum (Cabrera 1928)	Brandoni and De Iuliis 2007
	Holotype: MLP 26-IV-10-1

	Plesiomegatherium halmyronomum n. sp. Cabrera 1928	Cabrera 1928
	the type. barranca derecha del arroyo chasico. cerca de la laguna del mismo nombre
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

	Protypotherium distinctum Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931	Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
	Holotype: MLP 12-2178, right maxilla
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae

	Typotheriopsis sp. Cabrera and Kraglievich 1930	Bondesio et al. 1980
	nine specimens

	Typotheriopsis chasicoensis Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931	Cerdeno 2000
	MCNAM-PV 3211 - 5
Mammalia - Notoungulata

	Hegetotheriinae indet. Ameghino 1894	Bondesio et al. 1980
	six specimens

	Hemihegetotherium torresi Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931	Cerdeno 2000
	MCNAM-PV 3216

	Paedotherium minor Cabrera 1937	Bondesio et al. 1980
	many specimens (30). Also ref. 71054: MCNAM-PV 3217 - 20
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

	Pisanodon nazari Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931	Bondesio et al. 1980
	two specimens
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae

	Chasicotherium rothi n. gen., n. sp. Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931	De Ringuelet 1957
	The taxon is named in Cabrera and Kraglievich (1931; not seen). de Ringuelet adds more material. MLP 26-XI-20-1 (type)
Mammalia - Sparassodonta

	Chasicostylus castroi n. gen., n. sp. Reig 1957	Marshall 1981	2 specimens
	MLP 57-XI-9-2, maxilla and dentary, holotype; MLP 55-IV-28-59, right dentary with base of c and alveoli of p1-3, tentatively referred

	Pseudolycopsis cabrerai Marshall 1976	Bondesio et al. 1980
	maxilla with three teeth
Reptilia - Theropoda - Phorusrhacidae

	Psilopterus colzecus Tonni and Tambussi 1988	Bondesio et al. 1980
Reptilia

	Carlesia cf. pendolai	Bondesio et al. 1980
	one partial skeleton
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)	Bondesio et al. 1980
	osteoderms
	= Testudines indet. Batsch 1788	de Broin and de la Fuente 1993
	= Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788	de la Fuente et al. 2018
see common names

Geography

Country:	Argentina	State/province:	Buenos Aires
Coordinates:	38.6° South, 63.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	38.8° South, 60.1° West
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Altitude:	10 meters
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Tortonian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Chasicoan
Age range of interval:	9.9 - 7.9 m.y. ago
Age estimate:	9.43 to 8.7 Ma (paleomagnetic)

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Arroyo Chasicó
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation
Stratigraphy comments: A recent interpretation of radiometric and paleomagnetic data of the ACF supports an age between at least 9.43 and 8.7 Ma (Zarate et al., 2007).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"cross stratification",very fine sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: an extensive plateau capped by a thick calcrete crust, which in turn is covered by a thin apron of late Pleistocene–Holocene eolian deposits.
Environment:	"floodplain"
Geology comments: The beginning of Chasicoan sedimentation was placed after the general withdrawal of the mid-Miocene transgression (Pascual et al., 1996). According to Ramos (1999b), the transgression extended across most of eastern South America, covering the Pampas, Chaco region, and Patagonia up to the Andean foothill and reaching areas near the central and northern Andes of Argentina. The regional regression that followed was thought to be synchronous with the 10.5 Ma global sea level fall cited by Haq et al. (1987) (see Verzi, 1999, Pascual et al., 1996).

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,permineralized
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Gonzalez-Ruiz, et al. 2012: their Material was collected during a field trip organized by the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo de La Plata (Argentina) and Duke University (USA). Cerdeno 2000: material from the Museo "J. C. Moyana" de Mendoza. Recolección efectuadas por J.R. Contreras, Mones-Aivarado y Ripa-Alvara- do entre 1967 y 1969, según figura en las etiqueta encontradas junto a los fósiles.
Taxonomic list comments:Rasia & Canela 2017: Arroyo Chasico area, southwest of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, MLP-Pv 55-IV- 28-43 and MLP-Pv 55-IV-28-44 come from in front of Rado- vitzki farm; MLP-Pv 55-IV-28-42 comes from in front of Torres and Stefanazzi farms; MLP-Pv 60-VI-18-101 comes from the left margin of Stefanazzi farm; MLP-Pv 76-VI-12-47 comes from the left bank of Arroyo Chasic?o, 400 m upstream from Bajada de los Toros; MLP-Pv 60-VI-18-100, MLP-Pv 60-VI-18-107, MLP-Pv 92-XI-19-1, and MLP-Pv 92-XI-19-2 come from the Arroyo Chasic?o area, without more precise geographic provenance.

Metadata

Database number:	79180
Authorizer:	D. Croft, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra, J. Carrillo, C. Jaramillo, E. Vlachos	Enterer:	D. Croft, E. Vlachos, J. Carrillo, J. Zijlstra, G. Varnham, M. Kouvari, B. Kaphingst, K. Pino
Modifier:	M. Kouvari	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2008-02-27 11:27:58	Last modified:	2019-11-25 06:20:09
Access level:	the public	Released:	2008-02-27 11:27:58
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

26574.

M. A. Zárate, P. H. Schultz, A. Blasi, C. Heil, J. King and W. Hames. 2007. Geology and geochronology of type Chasicoan (late Miocene) mammal-bearing deposits of Buenos Aires (Argentina). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 23:81-90 [D. Croft/D. Croft]

Secondary references:

27152		P. Bondesio, J. H. Laza, G. J. Scillato-Yané, E. P. Tonni, and M. G. Vucetich. 1980. Estado actual del conocimiento de los vertebrados de la Formación Arroyo Chasicó (Plioceno temprano) de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Actas II Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Bioestratigrafía y I Congreso Latinoamericano de Paleontología. 3:101-127 [D. Croft/B. Kaphingst/B. Kaphingst]
48414		D. Brandoni. 2009. Descripción del fémur de Protomegalonyx chasicoensis Scillato-Yané (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) de la Formación Arroyo Chasicó (Mioceno tardío), provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Consideraciones sistemáticas sobre los perezosos de Edad Chasiquense. Ameghiniana 46(3):513-521 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]
70131		D. Brandoni and G. De Iuliis. 2007. A new genus for the Megatheriinae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada, Megatheriidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (Upper Miocene) of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 244(1):53-64 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]
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67585		L. L. Rasia and A. M. Candela. 2017. Lagostomus telenkechanum, sp. nov., a new lagostomine rodent (Caviomorpha, Chinchillidae) from the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene; Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(1):e1239205 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]
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