Sopas Formation

Sopas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene ~0.07–0.014  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	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

1. Sopas Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. 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.
3. Antifer at Fossilworks.org
4. "Dusicyon avus". Fossilworks.org.
5. Glossotherium robustum at Fossilworks.org
6. 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.
7. Lestodon armatus at Fossilworks.org
8. Morenelaphus at Fossilworks.org
9. 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.
10. Panochthus tuberculatus at Fossilworks.org
11. 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, hdl: 20.500.12008/22426 , 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.