| Dolores Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lujanian ~ | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country |  Uruguay |
| Extent | Paraná Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Dolores, Uruguay |
The Dolores Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.[1][2][3]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Catonyx cuvieri[4]
- Hippidion
- Lestodon armatus[5]
- Macrauchenia
- Panochthus tuberculatus[6]
- Smilodon populator[7]
- Stegomastodon platensis[8]
- Toxodon
See also
References
- ^ Alvarenga, Herculano; Washington William Jones, and Andrés Rinderknecht. 2010. The youngest record of phorusrhacid birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 256. 229-234. Accessed 2017-05-07.
- ^ Alberdi, María Teresa; José Luis Prado; Daniel Perea, and Martín Ubilla. 2007. Stegomastodon waringi (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Late Pleistocene of northeastern Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 243. 179-189. Accessed 2017-05-07.
- ^ Gutiérrez, Mercedes; José Luis Prado; Daniel Perea, and Martín Ubilla. 2005. Late Pleistocene Stegomastodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Uruguay. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 11. 641-662. Accessed 2017-05-07.
- ^ Corona, Andrea; Perea, Daniel; McDonald, H. Gregory (2013). "Catonyx cuvieri (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae, Scelidotheriinae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay, with comments regarding the systematics of the subfamily". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1214–1225. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33.1214C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.764311. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 84078331.
- ^ Lestodon armatus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Panochthus tuberculatus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Aldo Manzuetti; Daniel Perea; Washington Jones; Martín Ubilla; Andrés Rinderknecht (2020). "An extremely large saber-tooth cat skull from Uruguay (late Pleistocene–early Holocene, Dolores Formation): body size and paleobiological implications". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 44 (2): 332–339. doi:10.1080/03115518.2019.1701080. S2CID 216505747.
- ^ Perea, D.; Alberdi, M. T. (2015-12-30). "Los gonfotéridos (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de Uruguay: taxonomía, estratigrafía y cronología". Estudios Geológicos. 71 (2): e036. doi:10.3989/egeol.41864.346. hdl:10261/127862. ISSN 1988-3250.
Bibliography
- Martínez, Sergio A., and M. Ubilla. 2009. El Cuaternario en Uruguay, 211. Universidad de la República de Uruguay. Accessed 2019-02-12.
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