Río Dulce (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Termas de Rio Hondo

Where: Santiago del Estero, Argentina (27.5° S, 64.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. J. Gaudioso, G. M. Gasparini, and R. M. Barquez. 2016. Paleofauna del Pleistoceno de Termas de Rio Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. XXX Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados. Resúmenes. Ameghiniana 53(6 (suppl.)):54 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 191153: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 11.01.2018, edited by Gemma Benevento, Philip Mannion and Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet.
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Stegomastodon platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Stegomastodon platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon clavipes, Doedicurus clavicaudatus, Panochthus tuberculatus
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Doedicurus clavicaudatus Owen 1847 glyptodon
Panochthus tuberculatus Owen 1845 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
Neosclerocalyptus sp.
Neosclerocalyptus sp. Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp., Holmesina paulacoutoi
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate
Holmesina paulacoutoi Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Propraopus sp., Tolypeutes sp., Chaetophractus villosus, Eutatus sp.
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo
Tolypeutes sp. Illiger 1811 three-banded armadillo
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804 big hairy armadillo
Eutatus sp. Gervais 1867 armadillo
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium americanum
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotheriinae indet.
Scelidotheriinae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctotherium sp.
Arctotherium sp. Bravard 1857 bear
 Carnivora - Felidae
Puma concolor, Smilodon populator
Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia sp.
Macrauchenia sp. Owen 1838 placental
 Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae
Neolicaphrium recens2
Neolicaphrium recens2 Frenguelli 1921 placental
MPAT 073
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus (Amerhippus) sp.
Equus (Amerhippus) sp. Hoffstetter 1950 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassu sp., Catagonus sp.
Tayassu sp. Fischer 1814 peccary
Catagonus sp. Ameghino 1904 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia paradoxa3
Hemiauchenia paradoxa3 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus maximus
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha
Reptilia
 Squamata - Boidae
Epicrates sp.1
Epicrates sp.1 Wagler 1830 rainbow boa
MPAT 252, fragment of a vertebral column. The material includes 14 articulated and fragmentary vertebrae in a block, and two incomplete vertebrae in another block. Both blocks were originally part of the same vertebral column section. Some fragmentary ribs remain articulate to the vertebrae. The vertebral section corresponds to a portion of the mid-trunk region
 Squamata -
Tupinambis sp.1
Tupinambis sp.1 Daudin 1802 tegu
MPAT 251, distal fragment of a left hemimandible.
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet.
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates
 Testudines -
Testudines indet.
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Siluriformes indet.
1Albino and Gaudioso 2018; 2Gaudioso et al. 2017; 3Ortiz et al. 2019