Villa Recondo (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (34.7° S, 58.5° W: paleocoordinates 34.7° S, 57.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Puelchense

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; calcareous sandstone

• Arenera Argentina

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected in 1933-1935

Primary reference: C. Rusconi. 1949. El puelchense de Buenos Aires y su fauna (Plioceno Medio) segunda parte. Publicaciones del Instituto de Fisiographia y Geologia 36:100-262 [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 213136: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Miranta Kouvari on 26.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
"Panopaeus cf. crenatus" = Panopeus
"Panopaeus cf. crenatus" = Panopeus crab
Panopaeus crenatus puelchensis
Chondrichthyes
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp.
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus, Odontaspis abbatei
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Odontaspis abbatei sand tiger shark
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis, Alopecias latidens
"Oxyrhina hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Alopecias latidens mackerel shark
Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
"Typotherium sp." = Mesotherium
"Typotherium sp." = Mesotherium Serres 1867 notoungulate
n. 687
 Notoungulata - Xotodontidae
Xotodontidae indet.
Xotodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 notoungulate
n. 688
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Zaedyus praecursor n. sp.
Zaedyus praecursor n. sp. armadillo
Type: n. 817
 Cetacea - Iniidae
"Saurodelphis sp." = Saurocetes
"Saurodelphis sp." = Saurocetes Burmeister 1871 toothed whale
n. 656
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet., Palaeolama weddelli, Lama castelnaudi
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
n. 1131, 823
Palaeolama weddelli Gervais 1855 camel
n. 1013
Lama castelnaudi Gervais 1855 camel
n. 1129
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Amphinasua sp.
Amphinasua sp. Mercerat 1895 procyonid carnivore
n. 1015, 1130
 Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae
"Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri" = Phugatherium, "Eucardiodon sp." = Cardiatherium
"Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri" = Phugatherium caviomorph
n. 824
"Eucardiodon sp." = Cardiatherium Ameghino 1883 caviomorph
n. 811
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
"Lagostomopsis sp." = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis)
"Lagostomopsis sp." = Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich 1926 viscacha
n. 814
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Eumysops incertus n. sp., Proatherura sp., Myocastor brevirostris
Eumysops incertus n. sp. spiny rat
the type? n. 854
Proatherura sp. Ameghino 1906 spiny rat
n. 812 (written Proathenura wrongly)
Myocastor brevirostris Rusconi 1944 spiny rat
n. 681, 852
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys intermedius, Megactenomys delacroixi
Ctenomys intermedius caviomorph
n. 684, 685, 1128, 810, 682, 683, 1133, 692
Reptilia
 Testudines - Chelidae
Hydraspis arenarius
Hydraspis arenarius Rusconi 1934 sideneck turtle