San José Formation, Uruguay

San José Formation
Stratigraphic range: Montehermosan-Ensenadan ~6.8–0.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	Uruguay
Type section
Named for	San José, Uruguay
class=notpageimage| San José Formation, Uruguay

The San José Formation is a Montehermosan-Ensenadan geologic formation in Uruguay.

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Mammals

• Catonyx tarijensis
• Charruatoxodon uruguayensis[1]
• Josephoartigasia magna[2]

Birds

• Giganhinga kiyuensis [3]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay

References

1. Ferrero, B.S.; Schmidt, G.I.; Pérez-Garcia, M.I.; Perea, D.; Ribeiro, A.M. (23 February 2022). "A new Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Upper Pliocene-Lower Pleistocene of Uruguay". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (5): 1–12. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2023167. S2CID 247089081.
2. Francis, J.C. and A. Mones (1966). "Artigasia magna n. g., n. sp. (Eumegamyinae), un roedor gigantesco de la época Pliocena Superior de las Barrancas de San Gregorio, Departamento de San José, República Oriental del Uruguay". Kraglievana. 3: 89–100.
3. Rinderknecht, A.; Noriega, J. (2002). "Un Nuevo Género de Anhingidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) del Plioceno-Pleistoceno del Uruguay (Formación San José)". Ameghiniana. 39 (2): 183–191.

Bibliography

• H. G. McDonald and D. Perea. 2002. The large Scelidothere Catonyx tarijensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pleistocene of Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):677-683
• A. Mones. 1988. Notas Paleontologicas Uruguayas, IV. Nuevos Registros de Mamiferos Fosiles de la Formacion San Jose (Plioceno-Pleistoceno Inferior) (Mammalia: Xenartha; Artiodactyla; Rodentia). Comunicaciones Paleontologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 1(20):255-270