Sopas Creek (Pleistocene of Uruguay)

Also known as Arroyo Sopas; Paso Muñoz bridge

Where: Salto, Uruguay (31.3° S, 57.0° W: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 57.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian mammal zone, Sopas Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; conglomerate and conglomeratic sandstone

• was deposited predominantly under fluvial conditions but also shows paleosols in some places
• conglomerates, conglomerate sandstones, siltstones and sandy siltstones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: MACNU

Primary reference: F. J. Prevosti, M. Ubilla, and D. Perea. 2009. Large extinct canids from the Pleistocene of Uruguay: systematic, biogeographic and paleoecological remarks. Historical Biology 21(1-2):79-89 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140159: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 04.03.2013, edited by Katherine Magoulick, Philip Mannion and Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 canine
Dusicyon avus Burmeister 1866 Falkland Island wolf
Lycalopex gymnoceras5 South American fox
FC–DPV 777
 Carnivora - Felidae
Puma concolor2 Linnaeus 1771 puma
MGT 1150, skull and mandible
Panthera cf. onca5 Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Catagonus sp.5 Ameghino 1904 Chacoan peccary
Tayassu aff. pecari5 Link 1795 white-lipped peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Antifer ultra5 Ameghino 1888 deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia paradoxa5 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Lama sp.5 Cuvier 1800 camel
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica5
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica5 Owen 1838 placental
 Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Neolicaphrium recens1 Frenguelli 1921 placental
FC-DPV-776
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion principale5 Lund 1846 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
? Tapirus terrestris5 Linnaeus 1758 Brazilian tapir
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Cavia sp.5 Pallas 1766 guinea pig
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium robustum5 Owen 1842 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotherium cf. maquinense4 Hay 1930 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus tuberculatus5 Owen 1845 glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes5 Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Propraopus sp.5, "Dasypus aff. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus5
Propraopus sp.5 Ameghino 1881 armadillo
"Dasypus aff. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus5 Linnaeus 1758 nine-banded armadillo
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis cf. albiventris3 Lund 1840 white-eared opossum
FC-DPV 875, skull and mandible