Barranca Parodi (Zone of Paraglyptodon chapadmalensis): Chapadmalalan, Argentina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Promachrauchenia chapadmalense
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Cingulata
Urotherium sp. Castellanos 1926
Plohophoroides sp. Castellanos 1928
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Plohophorus figuratus Ameghino 1887
Paraglyptodon sp. Castellanos 1932
Mammalia - Cingulata
Trachycalyptus sp. Ameghino 1908
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Macrochorobates sp. Scillato Yané 1980
Taxon with last record on this zone
Doellotatus sp. Bordas 1932
Taxon with last record on this zone
Chorobates sp. Reig 1958
Taxon with last record on this zone
Macroeuphractus sp. Ameghino 1887
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Pronothrotherium sp. Ameghino 1907
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Diheterocnus sp. Kraglievich 1928
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Scelidotheridium sp. Kraglievich 1934
Proscelidodon sp. Bordas 1935
Taxon with last record on this zone
Glossotheridium sp. Kraglievich 1934
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Dankomys simpsoni Reig 1978
Graomys dorae Reig 1978
Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae
Eucoelophorus chapadmalensis
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Telicomys sp. Kraglievich 1926
Taxon with last record on this zone
Telicomys gigantissimus (Ameghino 1908)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
Protohydrochoerus sp. Rovereto 1914
synonym of Phugatherium
Taxon with last record on this zone
Anchimysops sp. Kraglievich 1927
synonym of Phugatherium
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Cardiomys sp. Ameghino 1885
Taxon with last record on this zone
Caviodon pozzii Kraglievich 1927
Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Taxon with last record on this zone
Dolicavia sp. Ameghino 1916
Taxon with last record on this zone
Orthomyctera chapadmalensis
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomopsis sp. Kraglievich 1926
spelled with current rank as Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis)
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Cyonasua sp. Ameghino 1885
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Brachytherium sp. Ameghino 1883
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Argyrohyus sp. Kraglievich 1959
Taxon with last record on this zone
Platygonus marplatensis Reig 1952
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
"Toxodon" chapadmalensis
Xotodon sp. Ameghino 1887
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Sparassodonta - Thylacosmilidae
Thylacosmilidae sp. Riggs 1933
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Argyrolagidae
Argyrolagus sp. Ameghino 1904
Taxon with last record on this zone
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Lutreolina tracheia Rovereto 1914
Taxon with last record on this zone
Hyperdidelphys sp. Ameghino 1904
Taxon with last record on this zone
Didelphis brachiodonta
Didelphis reigi
Didelphis crucialis Ameghino 1904
see common names

Geography
Country:Argentina State/province:Buenos Aires
Coordinates: 38.1° South, 57.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.2° South, 56.5° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Chapadmalalan
Age range of interval:3.70000 - 2.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Chapadmalal
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: The Zone of Paraglyptodon chapadmalensis should be the basis of the upper part of the Chapadmalalan as defined here

Chapadmalal “Formation” of Kraglievich, 1952 non Piso Chapal- malense of Ameghino, 1980); type locality, Barranca Parodi.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:paleosol/pedogenic not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:beds from the base of cliffs to paleosol 5 of Zarate, 1989
Database number:199154
Authorizer:P. Mannion Enterer:M. Kouvari
Modifier:M. Kouvari
Created:2019-01-23 03:20:59 Last modified:2019-01-23 03:32:39
Access level:the public Released:2019-01-23 03:20:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

67787. A. L. Cione and E. P. Tonni. 1996. Reassesment of the Pliocene-Pleistocene continental time scale of Southern South America. Correlation of the type Chapadmalalan with Bolivian sections. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 9(3/4):221-236 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari/M. Kouvari]