right margin of the Quebrada de Humahuaca (Pliocene of Argentina)

Where: Jujuy, Argentina (23.2° S, 65.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 23.0° S, 64.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tuffaceous, white, yellow sandstone

• It has been collected from limestones and sandstones of red, white, and yellow color, alternated with white tuffs

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Anieli Russo in 1949

• Material from the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires

Primary reference: E. Fernandez de Alvarez. 1957. Hypohippidium humahuaquense nov. sp. Ameghiniana 1(1-2):85-95 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210722: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 17.06.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Plaxhaplus antiquus, Glyptodon euphractus
Plaxhaplus antiquus Ameghino 1887 glyptodon
carapace plates
Glyptodon euphractus Lund 1839 glyptodon
carapace plates
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia sp.
Macrauchenia sp. Owen 1838 placental
distal left humerus
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hypohippidium humahuaquense n. gen. n. sp.
Hypohippidium humahuaquense n. gen. n. sp. Fernandez de Alvarez 1957 horse
FCEyN-UBA-3502, a set of limb elements (metapodials, astragali, phalanges)