Dolores Formation, Uruguay

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Dolores Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lujanian
~0.8–0.008  Ma
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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]

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Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

See also

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. Manzuetti, A.; Jones, W.; Ubilla, M.; Perea, D.; Rinderknecht, A. (2025). "The sabre-toothed cat Smilodon fatalis Leidy, 1868 (Felidae, Machairodontinae) in the late Pleistocene-early Holocene of South America (Dolores Formation, Uruguay): New insights about its paleodistribution, taxonomy and status of the genus". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 62 (7): 1304–1319. doi:10.1139/cjes-2024-0137.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.

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