New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America

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Scanferla, Carlos Agustín; Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo; Pomi, Lucas Horacio; Fucks, Enrique Eduardo; Molinari, Alejandro Martín
Año de publicación
2013
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Late Pleistocene outcrops exposed in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, represent one of the most informative sources about the paleoecology of South American megafauna. However, there are no records of an accurately dated carnivoreeherbivore taphocenosis. This paper presents preliminary results of a recent excavation at the margins of the Salado River, on sediments attributed to the Luján Formation (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene). The fossiliferous strata consist of greenish brown sandyclays deposited in a small paleopond environment that was filled by fluvial sediments, exhibiting abundant organic matter, gypsum and carbonate concretions. Fieldwork yielded an association of extinct large-sized mammals that include the horse Hippidion principale, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon populator (at least one adult and one juvenile associated specimen), a giant ground sloth Megatherium americanum, and the glyptodont Doedicurus clavicaudatus. Four 14C dates were performed on organic matter (12,100 100 14C BP), a femur of S. populator (13,400 200 14C BP), and a cervical vertebra of Hippidion principale (12,860 120 14C BP), and a pelvis of D. clavicaudatus (12,380 190 14C BP) situating the site within 12,500 and 13,500 years, approximately. Remarkably, some of the recovered specimens exhibit conspicuous bone modifications (furrows, pits, punctures, striations and crenulated margins) attributed to the activity of a medium-large carnivore. The association between bones of herbivore mammals with conspicuous modifications produced by a large carnivore, and the presence of cub and adult remains of Smilodon, link this felid with at least part of the excavated association.
Fil: Scanferla, Carlos Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales; Argentina
Fil: Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Pomi, Lucas Horacio. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Fucks, Enrique Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Molinari, Alejandro Martín. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
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spelling New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South AmericaScanferla, Carlos AgustínBonini, Ricardo AdolfoPomi, Lucas HoracioFucks, Enrique EduardoMolinari, Alejandro MartínPleistoceneArgentinaMegafauna14chttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Late Pleistocene outcrops exposed in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, represent one of the most informative sources about the paleoecology of South American megafauna. However, there are no records of an accurately dated carnivoreeherbivore taphocenosis. This paper presents preliminary results of a recent excavation at the margins of the Salado River, on sediments attributed to the Luján Formation (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene). The fossiliferous strata consist of greenish brown sandyclays deposited in a small paleopond environment that was filled by fluvial sediments, exhibiting abundant organic matter, gypsum and carbonate concretions. Fieldwork yielded an association of extinct large-sized mammals that include the horse Hippidion principale, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon populator (at least one adult and one juvenile associated specimen), a giant ground sloth Megatherium americanum, and the glyptodont Doedicurus clavicaudatus. Four 14C dates were performed on organic matter (12,100 100 14C BP), a femur of S. populator (13,400 200 14C BP), and a cervical vertebra of Hippidion principale (12,860 120 14C BP), and a pelvis of D. clavicaudatus (12,380 190 14C BP) situating the site within 12,500 and 13,500 years, approximately. Remarkably, some of the recovered specimens exhibit conspicuous bone modifications (furrows, pits, punctures, striations and crenulated margins) attributed to the activity of a medium-large carnivore. The association between bones of herbivore mammals with conspicuous modifications produced by a large carnivore, and the presence of cub and adult remains of Smilodon, link this felid with at least part of the excavated association.Fil: Scanferla, Carlos Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales; ArgentinaFil: Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; ArgentinaFil: Pomi, Lucas Horacio. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; ArgentinaFil: Fucks, Enrique Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Molinari, Alejandro Martín. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaElsevier2013-08-13info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/4334Scanferla, Carlos Agustín; Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo; Pomi, Lucas Horacio; Fucks, Enrique Eduardo; Molinari, Alejandro Martín; New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America; Elsevier; Quaternary International; 305; 13-8-2013; 97-1031040-6182enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.quaint.2012.08.005info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1040-6182info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618212010452info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:46:39Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/4334instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:46:39.945CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
title New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
spellingShingle New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
Scanferla, Carlos Agustín
Pleistocene
Argentina
Megafauna
14c
title_short New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
title_full New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
title_fullStr New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
title_full_unstemmed New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
title_sort New Late Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage with well-supported chronology from the Pampas of southern South America
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Scanferla, Carlos Agustín
Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo
Pomi, Lucas Horacio
Fucks, Enrique Eduardo
Molinari, Alejandro Martín
author Scanferla, Carlos Agustín
author_facet Scanferla, Carlos Agustín
Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo
Pomi, Lucas Horacio
Fucks, Enrique Eduardo
Molinari, Alejandro Martín
author_role author
author2 Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo
Pomi, Lucas Horacio
Fucks, Enrique Eduardo
Molinari, Alejandro Martín
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Pleistocene
Argentina
Megafauna
14c
topic Pleistocene
Argentina
Megafauna
14c
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Late Pleistocene outcrops exposed in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, represent one of the most informative sources about the paleoecology of South American megafauna. However, there are no records of an accurately dated carnivoreeherbivore taphocenosis. This paper presents preliminary results of a recent excavation at the margins of the Salado River, on sediments attributed to the Luján Formation (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene). The fossiliferous strata consist of greenish brown sandyclays deposited in a small paleopond environment that was filled by fluvial sediments, exhibiting abundant organic matter, gypsum and carbonate concretions. Fieldwork yielded an association of extinct large-sized mammals that include the horse Hippidion principale, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon populator (at least one adult and one juvenile associated specimen), a giant ground sloth Megatherium americanum, and the glyptodont Doedicurus clavicaudatus. Four 14C dates were performed on organic matter (12,100 100 14C BP), a femur of S. populator (13,400 200 14C BP), and a cervical vertebra of Hippidion principale (12,860 120 14C BP), and a pelvis of D. clavicaudatus (12,380 190 14C BP) situating the site within 12,500 and 13,500 years, approximately. Remarkably, some of the recovered specimens exhibit conspicuous bone modifications (furrows, pits, punctures, striations and crenulated margins) attributed to the activity of a medium-large carnivore. The association between bones of herbivore mammals with conspicuous modifications produced by a large carnivore, and the presence of cub and adult remains of Smilodon, link this felid with at least part of the excavated association.
Fil: Scanferla, Carlos Agustín. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales; Argentina
Fil: Bonini, Ricardo Adolfo. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Pomi, Lucas Horacio. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina
Fil: Fucks, Enrique Eduardo. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
Fil: Molinari, Alejandro Martín. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; Argentina
description Late Pleistocene outcrops exposed in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, represent one of the most informative sources about the paleoecology of South American megafauna. However, there are no records of an accurately dated carnivoreeherbivore taphocenosis. This paper presents preliminary results of a recent excavation at the margins of the Salado River, on sediments attributed to the Luján Formation (Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene). The fossiliferous strata consist of greenish brown sandyclays deposited in a small paleopond environment that was filled by fluvial sediments, exhibiting abundant organic matter, gypsum and carbonate concretions. Fieldwork yielded an association of extinct large-sized mammals that include the horse Hippidion principale, the saber-tooth cat Smilodon populator (at least one adult and one juvenile associated specimen), a giant ground sloth Megatherium americanum, and the glyptodont Doedicurus clavicaudatus. Four 14C dates were performed on organic matter (12,100 100 14C BP), a femur of S. populator (13,400 200 14C BP), and a cervical vertebra of Hippidion principale (12,860 120 14C BP), and a pelvis of D. clavicaudatus (12,380 190 14C BP) situating the site within 12,500 and 13,500 years, approximately. Remarkably, some of the recovered specimens exhibit conspicuous bone modifications (furrows, pits, punctures, striations and crenulated margins) attributed to the activity of a medium-large carnivore. The association between bones of herbivore mammals with conspicuous modifications produced by a large carnivore, and the presence of cub and adult remains of Smilodon, link this felid with at least part of the excavated association.
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