Dique Los Quiroga (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Also known as Subcuenca de Alhuampa

Where: Santiago del Estero, Argentina (27.6° S, 64.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained sandstone and fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. R. Chimento and F. L. Agnolin. 2011. Mam'iferos del Pleistoceno superior de Santiago del Estero (Argentina) y sus afinidades paleobiogeográficas. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 51(6):83-100 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192106: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 09.03.2018, edited by Miranta Kouvari

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
MMB‑009, MMB‑010, MRJP‑937, MRJP‑938
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp., Toxodon gracilis, Mixotoxodon larensis
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
MRJP‑932, MRJP‑935
Toxodon gracilis Gervais and Ameghino 1880 notoungulate
MMB‑008, MRJP‑933, MRJP‑934
Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank 1957 notoungulate
MRJP‑936
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodontidae indet., Panochthus greslebini
Glyptodontidae indet. glyptodon
MRJP‑931
Panochthus greslebini Castellanos 1941 glyptodon
MMB‑005
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina paulacoutoi
Holmesina paulacoutoi Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985 edentate
MRJP‑930
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp.
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
MMB‑007, LIL‑PZ 1909, LIL‑PZ 1906
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotheriinae indet.
Scelidotheriinae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
MMB‑006