Sopas Formation

Sopas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Lujanian ~0.8–0.008 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	Uruguay
Extent	Paraná Basin
Type section
Named for	Arroyo Sopas

The Sopas Formation is a Lujanian geologic formation in Uruguay.[1]

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

• Antifer[2]
• Dusicyon avus[3]
• Glossotherium robustum[4]
• Gomphotheridae indet.[5]
• Hippidion
• Lestodon armatus[6]
• Lundomys molitor
• Macrauchenia
• Morenelaphus[7]
• Neolicaphrium
• Neuryurus[8]
• Panochthus tuberculatus[9]
• Protocyon troglodites[10]
• Smilodon
• Toxodon

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay

References

1. Sopas Formation at Fossilworks.org
2. Antifer at Fossilworks.org
3. "Dusicyon avus". Fossilworks.org.
4. Glossotherium robustum at Fossilworks.org
5. Perea, D.; Alberdi, M. T. (2015-12-30). "Los gonfotéridos (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de Uruguay: taxonomía, estratigrafía y cronología". Estudios Geológicos. 71 (2): e036. doi:10.3989/egeol.41864.346. hdl:10261/127862. ISSN 1988-3250.
6. Lestodon armatus at Fossilworks.org
7. Morenelaphus at Fossilworks.org
8. Daniel Perea; Pablo Toriño; Martín Ghizzoni (2019). "First endoskeletal remains of Neuryurus (Xenarthra, Glyptodontidae), an emended diagnosis of the genus, and body mass estimations". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (4): e1668400. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E8400P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1668400. S2CID 208554276.
9. Panochthus tuberculatus at Fossilworks.org
10. Protocyon troglodites at Fossilworks.org

Bibliography

• Corona, Andrea; Ubilla, Martín; Perea, Daniel (2019), "New records and diet reconstruction using dental microwear analysis for Neolicaphrium recens Frenguelli, 1921 (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae)", Andean Geology, 46: 153–167, doi:10.5027/andgeoV46n1-3136, hdl:20.500.12008/22426, retrieved 2019-02-28
• M. Ubilla. 1985. Mamíferos fósiles, geocronología y paleoecología de la Fm. Sopas (Pleistoceno sup.) del Uruguay. Ameghiniana 22(3–4):185-196.