Eleutherocercus Explained
Eleutherocercus was a genus of glyptodonts that lived during the Late Miocene and Early Pliocene in South America.[1] Fossils of the genus have been found in the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation (E. paranensis) and the Montehermosan Monte Hermoso Formation (E. antiquus) in Argentina.[2] [3]
Further reading
- A. L. Cione, M. M. Azpelicueta, M. Bond, A. A. Carlini, J. R. Casciotta, M. A. Cozzuol, M. Fuente, Z. Gasparini, F. J. Goin, J. Noriega, G. J. Scillato-Yane, L. Soibelzon, E. P. Tonni, D. Verzi, and M. G. Vucetich. 2000. Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina. Serie Correlacion Geologica 14:191-237
- R. L. Tomassini, C. I. Montalvo, C.M. Deschamps and T. Manera. 2013. Biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene) at its type locality, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 48:31-42
- R. L. Tomassini and C. I. Montalvo. 2013. Taphonomic modes on fluvial deposits of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene), Buenos Aires province, Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 369:282-294
Notes and References
- Zurita . A. E. . Oliveira . E. V. . Toriño . P. . Rodriguez-Bualó . S. M. N. . Scillato-Yané . G. J. . Luna . C. . Krapovickas . J. N. . On the taxonomic status of some Glyptodontidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Pleistocene of South America . 10.1016/j.annpal.2011.07.003 . Annales de Paléontologie . 97 . 1–2 . 63–83 . 2011 . 2011AnPal..97...63Z . 11336/43130 . free .
- https://web.archive.org/web/20230405000838/http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&taxon_no=43574&max_interval=Miocene&country=Argentina&is_real_user=1&basic=yes&type=view&match_subgenera=1 Paraná, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingó Fm.
- https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?collection_no=152062 Farola
