Arroyo Loberia (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.0° S, 57.7° W: paleocoordinates 38.1° S, 57.1° W)

When: Marplatan (Vorohuen) zone, Vorohué Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• VorohuĂ© Formation, Marplatan Age/Stage, Vorohuean Subage/Substage (late Pliocene). Prevosti & Pomi (2007) suggest this is early Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• limolita tufacea arenosa, pardo grisacea

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71304: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.02.1999, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon reticulatus Owen 1845 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Tremacyllus sp. Ameghino 1891 notoungulate
Paedotherium sp. Burmeister 1888 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Mesotherium sp. Serres 1867 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Smilodontidion riggii" = Smilodon riggii
"Smilodontidion riggii" = Smilodon riggii Kraglievich 1948 saber-toothed cat
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Dusicyon sp. Hamilton Smith 1839 Falkland Island wolf
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Protocyon scagliarum Kraglievich 1952 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidium chapalmalensis, "Onohippidium sp." = Hippidion
Hippidium chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908 horse
"Onohippidium sp." = Hippidion Owen 1869 horse
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Windhausenia sp. Kraglievich 1930 placental
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Catagonus sp. Ameghino 1904 Chacoan peccary
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus sp. Brookes 1828 viscacha
 Rodentia - Octodontidae
Pithanotomys sp. Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Dolichotis sp. Desmarest 1820 mara
Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 caviomorph
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis sp. Linnaeus 1758 large American opossum
 Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae
Microtragulus sp. Ameghino 1904 metatherian