North Bank of Ensenada Stream: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
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Neuryurus trabeculatus n. sp.
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Zurita and Ferrero 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Dusicyon gymnocercus
Fischer 1814
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Prevosti et al. 2005 | |||||||||
| synonym of Procyon gymnocercus | ||||||||||
| CICYTTP-PV-M-22 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus mesopotamicus n. sp.
Ferrero and Noriega 2007
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Catagonus sp.
Ameghino 1904
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Gasparini and Ferrero 2010 | |||||||||
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cf. Catagonus sp.
Ameghino 1904
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Gasparini and Ferrero 2010 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Caiman sp.
Spix 1825
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Fortier and Rincón 2013 | |||||||||
| Isolated teeth | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Entre Rios | County: | Diamante |
| Coordinates: | 32.0° South, 60.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.0° South, 60.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Arroyo Feliciano | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: the "highest terrace" along the "major rivers and streams" of the province, assigned to the "Lujanian Stage/Age... based on the biochronology of the included mammals" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción collection | |
| Taxonomic list comments:remaining fauna not discussed | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Arroyo de la Ensenada | ||
| Database number: | 93265 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, C. Jaramillo, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Carrillo, P. Mannion, M. Shalap | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-11 13:07:46 | Last modified: | 2010-01-11 15:07:46 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-11 13:07:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31533. | B. S. Ferrero and J. I. Noriega. 2007. A new upper Pleistocene tapir from Argentina: remarks on the phylogenetics and diversification of neotropical Tapiridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):504-511 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 52022 | D. C. Fortier and A. D. Rincón. 2013. Pleistocene crocodylians from Venezuela, and the description of a new species of Caiman. Quaternary International 305:141-148 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 46179 | G. M. Gasparini and B. S. Ferrero. 2010. The Tayassuidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Quaternary of Entre Rios Province. A paleofaunal review in Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen 256(2):151-160 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] | |
| 73455 | F. J. Prevosti, J. I. Noriega, C. M. García Esponda and B. S. Ferrero. 2005. Primer registro de Dusicyon gymnocercus (Fisher, 1814) (Carnivora: Canidae) en el Pleistoceno de Entre Ríos (Argentina). Revista Española de Paleontología 20(2):159-167 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 37189 | A. E. Zurita and B. S. Ferrero. 2009. Una nueva especie de Neuryurus Ameghino (Mammalia, Glyptodontidae) en el Pleistoceno tardío de la Mesopotamia de Argentina. Geobios 42:663-673 [M. Uhen/M. Shalap] |