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Mammalian Carnivore Coprolites from the Sopas Formation (Upper Pleistocene, Lujanian Stage), Uruguay

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: Continental tetrapod coprolites from Uruguay are described for the first time. These remains come from the Piedra Pintada locality (Artigas Department), northern Uruguay, where the Sopas Formation crops out (Upper Pleistocene, Lujanian Stage). It was possible to identify several attributes indicative of a coprolitic origin, such as anisopolar shape, extrusion marks, pointed ends, sutures, gas bubbles, and inclusions. These specimens are assigned to carnivorous mammals, probably large felids, based on morphological attributes and inclusions of rodent bones and teeth.

Source: Ichnos/Ichnos : an international journal for plant and animal traces

DOI: 10.1080/10420940190034102

Author: Mariano Verde

Institution: Universidad de la República de Uruguay

Language: English

Topic: Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Subfield: Paleontology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2058366372

FWCI: 0.288

Cites: 10

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10