Las Piedras creek (Pleistocene of Uruguay)

Also known as La Paz Local Fauna

Where: Montevideo, Uruguay (34.5° S, 56.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Ubilla, D. Perea, A. Rinderknecht and A. Corona. 2009. Pleistocene mammals from Uruguay: Biostratigraphic, biogeographic and environmental connotations. QuaternĂ¡rio do Rio Grande do Sul 217-230 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211645: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.07.2020

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Stegomastodon waringi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon cf. clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon
Doedicurus sp. Burmeister 1874 glyptodon
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
Neosclerocalyptus sp. Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatheriidae indet. Paula Couto 1954 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatheriinae indet. Gill 1872 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Lestodon sp. Gervais 1855 edentate
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Ozotoceros cf. bezoarticus Linné 1758 Pampas deer
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Myocastor sp. Kerr 1782 spiny rat