Sambaquí de Puerto Landa (Holocene of Argentina)

Where: Entre Ríos, Argentina (33.3° S, 58.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.3° S, 58.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• late Holocene, 1100 ± 60 radiocarbon yr. BP

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. H. Verzi, A. I. Olivares, P. Hadler, J. C. Castro, and E. P. Tonni. 2018. Occurrence of Dicolpomys (Echimyidae) in the late Holocene of Argentina: The most recently extinct South American caviomorph genus. Quaternary International 490:123-131 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212781: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 20.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara
Cavia aperea Erxleben 1777 Brazilian guinea pig
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Dicolpomys fossor Winge 1887 spiny rat
MAMA-SPL-S1-5-1
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodontinae indet. Wagner 1843 mouse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Blastocerus dichotomus Illiger 1815 marsh deer
Ozotoceros bezoarticus Linné 1758 Pampas deer
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Hyriidae
Diplodon sp. Spix 1827 clam