Arroyo Toropí (Toropí Formation) (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Corrientes, Argentina (28.6° S, 59.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.6° S, 59.0° W)

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When: Toropí Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. M. Albino and A. A. Carlini. 2008. First Record of Boa constrictor (Serpentes, Boidae) in the Quaternary of South America. Journal of Herpetology 42(1):82-88 [J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 106304: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 07.03.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
cf. Chelonoidis sp.1 Fitzinger 1835 turtle
CTES- PZ 3592, carapace fragment
Chelonoidis lutzae n. sp.2 Zacarias et al. 2013 turtle
partial skeleton
 Squamata - Boidae
Boa constrictor Linnaeus 1758 boa