Also known as Pintado-Urumbeba, Cuareim River; Piedra Pintada
Where: Uruguay (30.4° S, 56.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.4° S, 56.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sopas Formation, Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float), sieve
Primary reference: M. Ubilla and M. T. Alberdi. 1990. Hippidion sp. (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) en Sedimentos del Pleistoceno Superior del Uruguay (Edad Mamifero Luganense). Estudios Geologia 46:453-464 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71274: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 07.02.1999, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Panochthus tuberculatus Owen 1845 glyptodon | |
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Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate
Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842 edentate | |
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate | |
Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
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Macrauchenia sp. Owen 1838 placental | |
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Catagonus sp. Ameghino 1904 Chacoan peccary | |
"Palaeolama paradoxa" = Palaeolama (Palaeolama) paradoxa Cabrera 1935 camel | |
Antifer ultra, Paraceros fragilis2, Morenelaphus lujanensis, Morenelaphus brachyceros, Ozotoceros bezoarticus
Antifer ultra Ameghino 1888 deer
Morenelaphus lujanensis New World deer
Morenelaphus brachyceros Gervais and Ameghino 1880 New World deer
Ozotoceros bezoarticus Linné 1758 Pampas deer | |
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu | |
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Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph
Cavia sp. Pallas 1766 guinea pig | |
Holochilus sp. Brandt 1835 marsh rat |