The San José Formation is a
Montehermosan
The Montehermosan age is a period of geologic time (6.8–4.0 Mya (unit), Ma) within the Miocene and Pliocene epochs of the Neogene used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Huayquerian and precedes the Chapadmalal ...
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Ensenadan
The Ensenadan age is a period of geologic time (1.2–0.8 Ma) within the Early Pleistocene epoch of the Quaternary used more specifically with South American Land Mammal Ages. It follows the Uquian and precedes the Lujanian
The Lujanian age is a ...
geologic
formation in
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
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Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
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Catonyx tarijensis''
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Charruatoxodon uruguayensis''
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Josephoartigasia magna
''Josephoartigasia'' is an extinct genus of enormous dinomyid rodent from the Early Pliocene to Early Pleistocene of Uruguay. The only living member of Dinomyidae is the pacarana. ''Josephoartigasia'' is named after Uruguayan national hero Jos ...
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Giganhinga kiyuensis
''Giganhinga'' is a genus of giant darter that lived during the Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene in what is now Uruguay and Argentina. The largest species of anhinga known to science, estimates suggest it may have weighed around and was likely ...
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See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay
This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay.
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units
See also
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* South American land mammal ages
* List of gomphothere fossils in South America#Uruguay, Gomphothere fossils in ...
References
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
Geologic formations of Uruguay
Fossiliferous stratigraphic units of South America
Montehermosan
Uquian
Chapadmalalan
Ensenadan
Pleistocene Uruguay
Miocene Uruguay
Paleontology in Uruguay
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