Sopas Formation
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Geologic formation in Uruguay
| Sopas Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Lujanian ~0.8–0.008 Ma | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Extent | Paraná Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Arroyo Sopas |
The Sopas Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.[1]
Fossil content
[edit ]The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Antifer [2]
- Dusicyon avus [3]
- Glossotherium robustum [4]
- Gomphotheridae indet. [5]
- Hippidion
- Lestodon armatus [6]
- Lundomys molitor
- Macrauchenia
- Morenelaphus [7]
- Neolicaphrium
- Neuryurus [8]
- Panochthus tuberculatus [9]
- Protocyon troglodites [10]
- Smilodon
- Toxodon
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Sopas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Antifer at Fossilworks.org
- ^ "Dusicyon avus". Fossilworks.org.
- ^ Glossotherium robustum at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Perea, D.; Alberdi, M. T. (2015年12月30日). "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.
- ^ Lestodon armatus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Morenelaphus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Daniel Perea; Pablo Toriño; Martín Ghizzoni (2019). "First endoskeletal remains of Neuryurus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae), an emended diagnosis of the genus, and body mass estimations". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 (4): e1668400. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E8400P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1668400. S2CID 208554276.
- ^ Panochthus tuberculatus at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Protocyon troglodites at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
[edit ]- Corona, Andrea; Ubilla, Martín; Perea, Daniel (2019), "New records and diet reconstruction using dental microwear analysis for Neolicaphrium recens Frenguelli, 1921 (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae)", Andean Geology , 46: 153–167, doi:10.5027/andgeoV46n1-3136, hdl:20.500.12008/22426 , retrieved 2019年02月28日
- M. Ubilla. 1985. Mamíferos fósiles, geocronología y paleoecología de la Fm. Sopas (Pleistoceno sup.) del Uruguay. Ameghiniana 22(3–4):185-196.
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