Earth:Sopas Formation
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| Sopas Formation Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene ~0.07–0.014 Ma | |
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| Type | Geological formation |
| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Extent | Paraná Basin |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Arroyo Sopas |
The Sopas Formation is a Late Pleistocene geologic formation in Uruguay.[1][2]
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Antifer[3]
- Dusicyon avus[4]
- Glossotherium robustum[5]
- Gomphotheridae indet.[6]
- Hippidion
- Lestodon armatus[7]
- Lundomys molitor
- Macrauchenia
- Morenelaphus[8]
- Neolicaphrium
- Neuryurus[9]
- Panochthus tuberculatus[10]
- Protocyon troglodites[11]
- Smilodon
- Toxodon
See also
- List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay
References
- ↑ Sopas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Ubilla, M.; Martínez, S. (2016). "Continental Beds". Geology and Paleontology of the Quaternary of Uruguay. Montevideo: Springer International Publishing. pp. 29–61. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29303-5.
- ↑ Antifer at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ "Dusicyon avus". Fossilworks.org. https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260304.
- ↑ Glossotherium robustum at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ 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. 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). doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1668400. Bibcode: 2019JVPal..39E8400P.
- ↑ Panochthus tuberculatus at Fossilworks.org
- ↑ Protocyon troglodites at Fossilworks.org
Bibliography
- 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, http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V46n1-3136/pdf, retrieved 2019-02-28
- 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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