Dolores Formation, Uruguay

The Dolores Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.^[1][2][3]

Dolores Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lujanian ~0.8–0.008 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	Uruguay
Extent	Paraná Basin
Type section
Named for	Dolores, Uruguay

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]
• Notiomastodon platensis^[8]
• Toxodon

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay

References

1. Alvarenga, Herculano; Jones, Washington William; Rinderknecht, Andrés (2010), "The youngest record of phorusrhacid birds (Aves, Phorusrhacidae) from the late Pleistocene of Uruguay", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 256 (2): 229–234, doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0052, retrieved 2017-05-07
2. Alberdi, María Teresa; Prado, José Luis; Perea, Daniel; Ubilla, Martín (2007), "Stegomastodon waringi (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Late Pleistocene of northeastern Uruguay", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, 243 (2): 179–189, doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2007/0243-0179, retrieved 2017-05-07
3. Gutiérrez, Mercedes; Prado, José Luis; Perea, Daniel; Ubilla, Martín (2005), "Late Pleistocene Stegomastodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Uruguay", Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte, 2005 (11): 641–662, doi:10.1127/njgpm/2005/2005/641, retrieved 2017-05-07
4. 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.
5. Lestodon armatus at Fossilworks.org
6. Panochthus tuberculatus at Fossilworks.org
7. 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. Bibcode:2020Alch...44..332M. doi:10.1080/03115518.2019.1701080. S2CID 216505747.
8. 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.; Ubilla, M. (2009), El Cuaternario en Uruguay, Universidad de la República de Uruguay, p. 211, retrieved 2019-02-12