| Sopas 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 | Arroyo Sopas |
The Sopas Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Antifer
- Dusicyon avus
- Glossotherium robustum
- Gomphotheridae indet.
- Hippidion
- Lestodon armatus
- Lundomys molitor
- Macrauchenia
- Morenelaphus
- Neolicaphrium
- Neuryurus
- Panochthus tuberculatus
- Protocyon troglodites
- 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; 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.
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