Sánchez (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.6° S, 58.4° W: paleocoordinates 34.6° S, 58.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. D. Carrillo‐Briceño, R. I. Vezzosi, K. M. Ming, Z. M. Christen, D. Mothé, D. Ruiz‐Ramoni, and M. R. Sánchez‐Villagra1. 2023. Nearctic Pleistocene ungulates from the Pampean region (Argentina) in the historical collections of Santiago Roth in Switzerland: an overview. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 142(12) [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 232456: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 23.11.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium humboldtii1
Pampatherium humboldtii1 Lund 1839 edentate
PIMUZ A/V 430
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium leptocephalum1
Scelidotherium leptocephalum1 Owen 1839 edentate
PIMUZ A/V 517
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., Hippidion sp.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
PIMUZ A/V 4220b; PIMUZ A/V 4244; PIMUZ A/V 4241
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
PIMUZ A/V 4239 tooth; PIMUZ A/V 4220a; PIMUZ A/V 4219
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet., cf. Hemiauchenia sp.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
PIMUZ A/V 4208; PIMUZ A/V 4254
cf. Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
PIMUZ A/V 4180 teeth
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
PIMUZ A/V 5258 tooth
 Carnivora - Canidae
Caninae indet.2
Caninae indet.2 Gill 1872 canine
PIMUZ A/V 4269, PIMUZ A/V 4268
1Le Verger 2023; 2Ruiz‐Ramoni et al. 2023