PRIMER REGISTRO DE Glyptodon OWEN (MAMMALIA, XENARTHRA, CINGULATA) PARA EL PLEISTOCENO DE LA PROVINCIA DE MENDOZA (ARGENTINA)

FORASIEPI, A.; MARTINELLI, A.G.; ZURITA, A. E; PONCE, H.

MASTOZOOLOGíA NEOTROPICAL

SAREM

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2009 vol. 16 p. 217 - 222

0327-9383

ABSTRACT: Few Pleistocene mammalian records are known in Mendoza Province in comparison with other regions of Argentina. The taxa presumably recognized are: Megatherium, Mylodon, Glossotherium, Macrauchenia, Paleolama, Hippidion, and Equus. In this note the first occurrence of Glyptodon sp. (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae) in the Mendoza Province is described. The material was found in an outcrop of the El Zampal Formation located on the west margin of the Tunuyán River, Tupungato Department, Mendoza. Furthermore, this finding represents the most western record of Glyptodon in Argentina.