Ciudad de Paraná (Neogene of Argentina)

Also known as Barrancas Río Paraná

Where: Entre Ríos, Argentina (31.7° S, 60.5° W: paleocoordinates 31.9° S, 58.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ituzaingó Formation, Huayquerian (8.0 - 5.0 Ma)

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; conglomerate and sandstone

• conglomerados y areniscas osíferos.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by E. Sors Sierra in 1941; reposited in the MLP

• "Conjunto de fósiles adquiridos al señor E. Sors Sierra"

Primary reference: G. J. Scillato-Yané. 1980. Nuevo Megalonychidae (Edentata, Tardigrada) del "Mesopotamiense" (Mioceno tardío-Plioceno) de la Provincia de Entre Ríos. Ameghiniana 17(3):193-199 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140696: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 15.03.2013, edited by Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
"Sphenotherus paranensis n. sp." = Sphenotherus zavaletianus1, Megabradys darwini n. gen. n. sp.2
"Sphenotherus paranensis n. sp." = Sphenotherus zavaletianus1 Ameghino 1891 edentate
found by Ameghino 1891
Megabradys darwini n. gen. n. sp.2 Scillato-Yané 1981 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Paranabradys vucetichae n. gen. n. sp.
Paranabradys vucetichae n. gen. n. sp. Scillato-Yané 1980 edentate
1Esteban 1999; 2Scillato-Yané 1981