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The Sopas Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.[1]
Fossil content
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
References
- ^ Sopas Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Antifer at Fossilworks.org
- ^ "Dusicyon avus". Fossilworks.org.
- ^ 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. 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
Corona, Andrea; Martín Ubilla, and Daniel Perea. 2019. New records and diet reconstruction using dental microwear analysis for Neolicaphrium recens Frenguelli, 1921 (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae). Andean Geology 46. 153–167. Accessed 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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