The southernmost record of a Neuryurini Hoffstetter, 1958 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae)

GONZALEZ-RUIZ, L.; ZURITA, A. E; FLEAGLE, J.; SCILLATO-YANÉ, G. J.; DOZO, M.T.; ZAMORANO, M.

PALAEONTOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG

Lugar: Stuttgart; Año: 2010 p. 7 - 14

0031-0220

Abstract In this contribution we document the southernmost and probably the oldest record of the tribe Neuryurini (Glyptodontidae). The southernmost record of this tribe outside of Patagonia is Neuryurus sp. from Lujanian sediments (Luja´n Formation, late Pleistocene–early Holocene) at Queque´n Grande River (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina). The first and only previous record of a specimen of the Neuryurini in Patagonia was reported from the upper levels of the Puerto Madryn Formation (Huayquerian SALMA, late Miocene), exposed in Pený´nsula Valde´s (Chubut Province, Argentina). The new specimen described here and assigned to an indeterminate Neuryurini was recovered at Estancia La Peninsular (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). This locality has been recognized in geological studies as part of the Santa Cruz Formation (Santacrucian SALMA, late early Miocene), but there have been no fossils described from this site until now. Therefore, the new specimen represents, with the two confirmed records of Glyptodon Owen and Panochthus Burmeister (both from the Quaternary), the only non-Propalaehoplophorinae glyptodontids reported for Santa Cruz Province.