Charata (Pleistocene of Argentina)

Where: Chaco, Argentina (27.2° S, 61.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• "Bonaerense-Lujanense (Pleistoceno medio- Holoceno temprano)" = Lujanian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. E. Zurita, A. A. Carlini, G. J. Scillato-Yané and E. P. Tonni. 2004. Mamíferos extintos del Cuaternario de la Provincia del Chaco (Argentina) y su relación con aquéllos del este de la región pampeana y de Chile. Revista geológica de Chile 31(1):65-87 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78578: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.02.2008, edited by Grace Varnham, Miranta Kouvari and Juan Carrillo

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.3, Notiomastodon sp.2, "Stegomastodon cf. platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis
Gomphotheriidae indet.3 Hay 1922 gomphothere
MRCH 016
Notiomastodon sp.2 Cabrera 1929 gomphothere
"Stegomastodon cf. platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon sp.
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp.
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
Neosclerocalyptus cf. heusseri
Neosclerocalyptus cf. heusseri Ameghino 1889 edentate
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidotherium sp.1, Scelidotherium cf. leptocephalum
Scelidotherium sp.1 Owen 1839 edentate
MRCH 109
1Miño-Boilini and Carlini 2009; 2Mothé and Avilla 2015; 3Mothé et al. 2017