Aroyo Morales (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.8° S, 58.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° S, 57.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Puelchense

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

• Arenas puelchenses.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected in 1933-1935

Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1949. El puelchense de Buenos Aires y su fauna (Plioceno Medio) segunda parte. Publicaciones del Instituto de Fisiographia y Geologia 36:100-262 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 213138: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 26.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodontidae indet. Burmeister 1879 glyptodon
n. 1282
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Nothydrochoerus fontanai, "Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri" = Phugatherium
Nothydrochoerus fontanai Rusconi 1933 caviomorph
n. 1281
"Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri" = Phugatherium caviomorph
 Rodentia - Caviidae
"Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis" = Hydrochoerus ballesterensis
"Xenohydrochoerus ballesterensis" = Hydrochoerus ballesterensis Rusconi 1949 capybara
n. 1258
 Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Proterotherium sp. Ameghino 1883 placental
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
n. 1284
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
n. 1285
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis moralensis n. sp. eagle ray
type: n. 1263
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark