Dolores Formation, Uruguay Explained

Dolores Formation
Type:	Geological formation
Period:	Lujanian
Age:	Lujanian ~
Namedfor:	Dolores, Uruguay
Extent:	Paraná Basin

The Dolores Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

• Catonyx cuvieri^[1]
• Hippidion
• Lestodon armatus^[2]
• Macrauchenia
• Panochthus tuberculatus^[3]
• Smilodon populator^[4]
• Notiomastodon platensis^[5]
• Toxodon

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.1080/02724634.2013.764311 . 2013JVPal..33.1214C . 84078331 . 0272-4634.
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=83807 Lestodon armatus
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=83808 Panochthus tuberculatus
4. 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 . 10.1080/03115518.2019.1701080 . 2020Alch...44..332M . 216505747 .
5. Perea. D.. Alberdi. M. T.. 2015-12-30. Los gonfotéridos (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de Uruguay: taxonomía, estratigrafía y cronología. Estudios Geológicos. 71. 2. e036. 10.3989/egeol.41864.346. 1988-3250. free. 10261/127862. free.