PBDB Collection

Bajo San José Lower Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Pleistocene of Argentina)

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

• a high terrance level discontinuous along the Sauce Grande river valley

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

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unclassified
-	Choephaga "sp.1", Choephaga "sp.2" Choephaga "sp.1" Choephaga "sp.2"
Mammalia
Cingulata - Glyptodontidae	Panochthus tuberculatus, Doedicurus sp., Glyptodon clavipes Panochthus tuberculatus Owen 1845 glyptodon Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Cingulata - Panochthidae	Sclerocalyptus cf. ornatus Sclerocalyptus cf. ornatus Owen 1845 edentate
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Propraopus sp., Tolypeutes sp., Eutatus seguini, Chaetophractus villosus, Zaedyus pichiy Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo Noted as n. sp. in Deschamps 2005 but not described Eutatus seguini Gervais 1867 armadillo Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi
Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae	Megatherium americanum Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate
- Mylodontidae	Scelidotherium cf. leptocephalum, Scelidotherium leptocephalum, Lestodon armatus, Glossotherium sp. Scelidotherium cf. leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate Scelidotherium leptocephalum Owen 1839 edentate Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Reithrodon auritus, Oxymycterus sp., "Akodon cf. azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae, "Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae, Akodon cf. iniscatus, Akodon iniscatus, Lundomys sp., Phyllotis sp. Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 bunny rat Oxymycterus sp. Waterhouse 1837 hocicudo "Akodon cf. azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse "Akodon azarae" = Akodon (Akodon) azarae Fischer 1829 Azara's grass mouse Akodon cf. iniscatus Thomas 1919 akodont Akodon iniscatus Thomas 1919 akodont Lundomys sp. Voss and Carleton 1993 mouse Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse
Rodentia - Echimyidae	Myocastor sp., Myocastor columnaris Myocastor sp. Kerr 1782 spiny rat Myocastor columnaris spiny rat
Rodentia - Ctenomyidae	Ctenomys kraglievichi Ctenomys kraglievichi Rusconi 1930 caviomorph
Rodentia - Caviidae	Neochoerus cf. tarijensis, Microcavia sp., Galea sp. Neochoerus cf. tarijensis caviomorph Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 caviomorph Galea sp. Meyen 1832 caviomorph
Rodentia - Chinchillidae	Lagostomus sp. Lagostomus sp. Brookes 1828 viscacha
Carnivora - Canidae	"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex "Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex Burmeister 1854 South American fox
Carnivora - Felidae	Herpailurus cf. yaguaroundi Herpailurus cf. yaguaroundi cat
Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae	? Macrauchenopsis ensenadensis, Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis ? Macrauchenopsis ensenadensis placental Macraucheniopsis ensenadensis Ameghino 1888 placental
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hippidion principale Hippidion principale Lund 1846 horse
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Cervidae indet. Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Lama sp. Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Tayassuinae indet., Tayassu sp. Tayassuinae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Toxodon sp. Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Gomphotheriidae indet. Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae	Lestodelphys sp. Lestodelphys sp. Tate 1934 Patagonian opussum
Reptilia
Testudines - Chelidae	Hydromedusa tectifera Hydromedusa tectifera Cope 1869 Argentine snake-necked turtle
Aves
Anseriformes - Anatidae	"Anas platalea" = Spatula platalea, Chloephaga "sp. 1", Chloephaga "sp. 2" "Anas platalea" = Spatula platalea Vieillot 1816 red shoveler Chloephaga "sp. 1" Eyton 1838 waterfowl Chloephaga "sp. 2" Eyton 1838 waterfowl
Passeriformes - Motacillidae	Motacillinae indet. Motacillinae indet. Bonaparte 1831 perching bird
Gruiformes - Rallidae	"Porphyrula sp." = Porphyrio "Porphyrula sp." = Porphyrio Brisson 1760 rail cf. Pseudoseisura-Pseudoseisuropsis
Rheiformes - Rheidae	Rhea sp. Rhea sp. Brisson 1760 rhea
Tinamiformes - Tinamidae	"Nothura darwini" = Nothura darwinii "Nothura darwini" = Nothura darwinii Gray 1867 Darwin's nothura
Actinopteri
Acanthomorphata - Percichthyidae	Percichthys sp. Percichthys sp. Girard 1854
Siluriformes - Pimelodidae	Pimelodella aff. leticeps Pimelodella aff. leticeps catfish
Siluriformes - Callichthyidae	Callichthys callichthys, Corydoras paleatus Callichthys callichthys catfish Corydoras paleatus catfish