Estación Anchorena (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Buenos Aires

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.5° S, 57.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° S, 57.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by O. Román

Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1937. La presencia de lagartijas en el piso ensenadense [The presence of lizards in the Ensenadan level]. Boletin Paleontológico de Buenos Aires 9:6-7 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170007: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 11.06.2015, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
PVL 1508
Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Leiosaurus marellii n. sp. Rusconi 1937 squamates
Rusconi coll. no. 1215