Casil Quarry (Pleistocene to of Uruguay)

Where: Montevideo, Uruguay (34.4° S, 56.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.4° S, 56.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dolores Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

• mud flow?
• siltstones, pelites, sandy to gravely pelites, and sandstones with argillaceous matrix

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Alvargenga, W. Jones, and A. Riderknecht. 2010. The youngest record of phorusrhacid birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256(2):229-234 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 120884: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 23.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Propaopus sp., Ozotocerus cf. bezoarticus
Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
 Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
Phorusrhacidae indet.
Phorusrhacidae indet. Ameghino 1889 terror bird
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Myocastor sp.
Myocastor sp. Kerr 1782 spiny rat
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp.
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental
 Cingulata -
Neuryurus sp.
Neuryurus sp. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp., Doedicurus sp., Glyptodon sp.
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatheriinae indet.
Megatheriinae indet. Gill 1872 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Lestodon armatus
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon cf. platensis
Toxodon cf. platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere