900 m SW of Punta Hermengo (lower) (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.3° S, 57.9° W: paleocoordinates 38.3° S, 57.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miramar Formation, Ensenadan (1.8 - 0.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: loess; siltstone

• Fossils are from cliffs composed of reddish/yellowish loess, mostly fine sand and lime.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: E. P. Tonni. 1970. Zonotrichia robusta n.sp. (Aves, Passeriformes, Emberizidae) from middle Pleistocene of Buenos Aires Province. Ameghiniana 7:161-165 [J. Alroy/J. Wertheim/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36611: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Jill Wertheim on 06.02.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Mesotherium sp.
Mesotherium sp. Serres 1867 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Eutatus sp.
Eutatus sp. Gervais 1867 armadillo
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama sp.
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
Aves
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Zonotrichia robusta n. sp.
Zonotrichia robusta n. sp. Tonni 1970 sparrow