Arroyo Loberia (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Buenos Aires, Argentina (38.0° S, 57.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 38.0° S, 57.5° W (Wright 2013)

When: Marplatan (Vorohuen) zone, Vorohué Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• Vorohué Formation, Marplatan Age/Stage, Vorohuean Subage/Substage (late Pliocene). Prevosti & Pomi (2007) suggest this is early Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• limolita tufacea arenosa, pardo grisacea

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: O. A. Reig. 1957. Un Mustelido del Genero Galictis del Eocuartario de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Ameghiniana 1(1-2):33-47 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71304: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.02.1999, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Dasypodidarum sp., Glyptodontidarum sp., Cricetinarum sp., Eocoelophorus chapalmalensis
Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis sp.
Didelphis sp. Linnaeus 1758 large American opossum
 Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae
Microtragulus sp.
Microtragulus sp. Ameghino 1904 metatherian
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Tremacyllus sp., Paedotherium sp.
Tremacyllus sp. Ameghino 1891 notoungulate
Paedotherium sp. Burmeister 1888 notoungulate
 Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Mesotherium sp.
Mesotherium sp. Serres 1867 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon reticulatus
Glyptodon reticulatus Owen 1845 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp.
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Galictis sorgentini
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Smilodontidion riggii" = Smilodon riggii
"Smilodontidion riggii" = Smilodon riggii Kraglievich 1948 saber-toothed cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Protocyon scagliarum, Canis sp., Dusicyon sp.
Protocyon scagliarum Kraglievich 1952 canine
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine
Dusicyon sp. Hamilton Smith 1839 Falkland Island wolf
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Windhausenia sp.
Windhausenia sp. Kraglievich 1930 placental
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidium chapalmalensis, "Onohippidium sp." = Hippidion
Hippidium chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908 horse
"Onohippidium sp." = Hippidion Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus chapalmalensis, Catagonus sp.
Catagonus sp. Ameghino 1904 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama sp., Palaeolama sp.
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus sp.
Lagostomus sp. Brookes 1828 viscacha
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Eumysops cavoides
 Rodentia - Octodontidae
Pithanotomys sp.
Pithanotomys sp. Ameghino 1887 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Microcavia sp., Dolichotis sp.
Microcavia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 caviomorph
Dolichotis sp. Desmarest 1820 mara