Evolução 63: Pampa Castillo, sítio fóssil no sul do Chile

Na localidade de Pampa Castillo, no sul do Chile, estuda-se uma rica jazida paleontológica, datada do Mioceno Inferior (Santacruciano), com dezenas de espécies descritas.



MARSUPIALIA
Palaeothentidae
Palaeothentes pascuali
Palaeothentes minutus
Palaeothentes intermedius
Palaeothentes smeti (new species)
Borhyaenidae
Cladosictis sp.
Edentata
Dasypodidae
Prozaedius sp.
Proeutatus sp.
Glyptodontidae
Propalaeohoplophorus sp.
Megalonychidae
Hapalops sp. X ?
NOTOUNGULATA
Homalodotheriidae
Homalodotherium ?
Toxodontidae
Adinotherium sp.
Nesodon sp.
Interatheriidae
Protypotherium sp.
Hegetotheriidae
Hegetotherium sp.
ASTRAPOTHERIA
Astrapotheriidae
Astrapotherium sp.
LITOPTERNA
Proterotheriidae
Proterotherium sp.
Macraucheniidae
Theosodon cf. T. gracilis
RODENTIA
Chinchillidae
Prolagostomus pusilus
Prolagostomus profluens
Prolagostomus divisus
Pliolagostomus notatus
Echimyidae
Stichomys sp.?
Spaniomys riparius
Acarechimys cf. A. minutus
Acarechimys new sp. p
Dasyproctidae
Neoreomys australis ?
Scleromys sp. (‘Scleromys’ in Laventan)
Octodontidae
Sciamys principalis
Eocardiidae
Eocardia perforata
Schistomys erro
Erethizontidae
Steiromys duplicatus
Steiromys new sp.
Neoepiblemidae
Perimys impactus
Perimys scalaris
Perimys procerus
Perimys onustus
Perimys perpinguis

A new fossil mammal assemblage from the southern Chilean Andes: implications for geology, geochronology, and tectonics
Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Volume 15, Issue 3, July 2002, Pages 285-302
John J. Flynn, Michael J. Novacek, Holly E. Dodson, Daniel Frassinetti, Malcolm C. McKenna, Mark A. Norell, Karen E. Sears, Carl C. Swisher III, André R. Wyss