General Alvarado (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.2° S, 58.0° W: paleocoordinates 38.2° S, 58.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Pampean" Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Cuadrelli et al. 2019: General Alvarado (ca. 34–25 ka; Tonni 2009)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Cuadrelli, A. E. Zurita, P. Toriño, A. R. Miño-Boilini, S. Rodríguez-Bualó, D. Perea, and G. E. Acuña Suárez. 2019. Late Pleistocene Glyptodontinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae) from southern South America: a comprehensive review. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1525390:1-18 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212842: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 21.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
"Mesotherium angustirostrum" = Mesotherium cristatum2
"Mesotherium angustirostrum" = Mesotherium cristatum2 Serres 1857 notoungulate
MACN Pv 6040, skull
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon reticulatus Owen 1845 glyptodon
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus sp.1 Leconte 1848 peccary