Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (36.0° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.0° S, 58.0° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• other age:Late Pleistocene
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. P. Tonni, W. D. Berman, F. Fidalgo, F. J. Going, and J. C. Quiroga. 1987. La fauna local centinel del mar y una nueva unidad mamifero para el pleistoceno tardio de la provincia de buenos aires (Argentina). Decimo congreso geologico argentino, San Miguel d Tucuman 3:175-177 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 71347: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
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Mammalia | |
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate | |
Pampatherium typum Ameghino 1875 edentate | |
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon | |
"Propraopus grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus, Tolypeutes pampaeus, Eutatus seguini, Chaetophractus villosus
"Propraopus grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo
Tolypeutes pampaeus three-banded armadillo
Eutatus seguini Gervais 1867 armadillo
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo | |
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Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate | |
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Tayassu pecari Link 1795 white-lipped peccary | |
Lama guanicoe, "Lama vicugna" = Vicugna vicugna
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco
"Lama vicugna" = Vicugna vicugna Molina 1782 camel | |
Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer | |
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha | |
Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 bunny rat |