Puerto Pinasco (Quaternary of Paraguay)

Where: Presidente Hayes, Paraguay (22.7° S, 57.8° W: paleocoordinates 22.7° S, 57.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Chaco Formation, Quaternary (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Quaternary age deposits are referrable to the "Pozo del Tigre" member of the Chaco Formation. For a detailed description, see Marengo 2015.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material was found disarticulated

Primary reference: S. D. Rios Diaz. 2013. Una nueva localidad de vertebrados cuaternarios en Puerto Pinasco, Dpto. de Presidente Hayes, Republica del Paraguay. Ameghiniana 50(4):29-29 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191096: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 09.01.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Dasypodidae indet., Glyptodontidae indet.
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodontidae indet.
Toxodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatheriidae indet.
Pampatheriidae indet. Paula Couto 1954 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet.
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenidae indet." = Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenidae indet." = Macraucheniidae Ameghino 1889 placental
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet.
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Chelidae indet.
Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle