Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.5° S, 61.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° S, 61.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• assigned to the "San José Sequence;" proposed to be Bonaerian SALMA in age
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, carbonaceous conglomerate and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, surface (float), surface (in situ),
• Cátedra de Geología Histórica from the Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca
Primary reference: C. M. Deschamps. 2005. Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Ameghiniana 42(4):733-750 [D. Croft/D. Croft]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63335: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Darin Croft on 11.08.2006, edited by Miranta Kouvari
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Aves | |
"Porphyrula sp." = Porphyrio
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Motacillinae indet. Bonaparte 1831 perching bird | |
Chloephaga "sp. 1" Eyton 1838 waterfowl
Chloephaga "sp. 2" Eyton 1838 waterfowl
"Anas platalea" = Spatula platalea Vieillot 1816 red shoveler | |
"Nothura darwini" = Nothura darwinii
"Nothura darwini" = Nothura darwinii Gray 1867 Darwin's nothura | |
Rhea sp. Brisson 1760 rhea | |
Reptilia | |
Hydromedusa tectifera Cope 1869 Argentine snake-necked turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary | |
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel | |
Hippidion principale Lund 1846 horse | |
? Macrauchenopsis ensenadensis placental
Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino 1888 placental | |
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex Burmeister 1854 South American fox | |
Lundomys sp., Phyllotis sp., Reithrodon auritus, Akodon cf. iniscatus, Akodon iniscatus, "Akodon cf. azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae, "Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae, Oxymycterus sp.
Lundomys sp. Voss and Carleton 1993 mouse
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse
Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 bunny rat
Akodon cf. iniscatus Thomas 1919 akodont
Akodon iniscatus Thomas 1919 akodont
"Akodon cf. azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse
"Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse
Oxymycterus sp. Waterhouse 1837 hocicudo | |
Ctenomys kraglievichi Rusconi 1930 caviomorph | |
Myocastor sp. Kerr 1782 spiny rat
Myocastor columnaris spiny rat | |
Lagostomus sp. Brookes 1828 viscacha | |
Galea sp. Meyen 1832 caviomorph
Neochoerus cf. tarijensis caviomorph
Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 caviomorph | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
Sclerocalyptus cf. ornatus Owen 1845 edentate | |
Panochthus tuberculatus Owen 1845 glyptodon
Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon | |
Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo
Eutatus seguini Gervais 1867 armadillo
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo Noted as n. sp. in Deschamps 2005 but not described
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Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate
Scelidotherium cf. leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate
Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate | |
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate | |
Lestodelphys sp. Tate 1934 Patagonian opussum | |
Actinopteri | |
Pimelodella aff. leticeps catfish | |
Corydoras paleatus catfish
Callichthys callichthys catfish | |
Percichthys sp. Girard 1854 |