The Tarija Formation is a Pleistocene-age geologic formation found near Tarija, Bolivia.
| Tarija | |
|---|---|
| Type | Formation |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | -21.5,-64.75 |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | -21.6,-64.2 |
| Country |  Bolivia |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Tarija |
Background edit
Fossils of numerous large herbivorous mammals have been discovered, including toxodonts like Toxodon platensis, glyptodonts, ground sloths, and litopterns such as Macrauchenia patachonica.[1] Numerous carnivorous mammals have been found, including Smilodon populator, Arctotherium tarijense, and Protocyon tarijensis.[2]
References edit
- ^ MacFadden, B.J.; Shockey, B.J. (2016). "Ancient feeding ecology and niche differentiation of Pleistocene mammalian herbivores from Tarija, Bolivia: morphological and isotopic evidence". Paleobiology. 23(1): 77-100. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- ^ Prevosti, F.J.; Forasiepi, A.M. (2018). "South American Fossil Carnivorans (Order Carnivora)". Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies: 77-100. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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