Camacho Formation
{{Short description|Geologic formation in Uruguay}}
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The Camacho Formation is a Huayquerian geologic formation in Uruguay.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Camacho&group_formation_member=Camacho Camacho Formation] at Fossilworks.org
It also comprises the formerly named Kiyu Formation.
Fossil content
The following fossils have been reported from the formation:
;Mammals
- Arazamys{{Cite journal|author1=Andrés Rinderknecht |author2=Enrique Bostelmann T. |author3=Martín Ubilla |year=2011 |title=New genus of giant Dinomyidae (Rodentia: Hystricognathi: Caviomorpha) from the late Miocene of Uruguay |doi=10.1644/10-MAMM-A-099.1 |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |volume=92 |issue=1 |pages=169–178 |doi-access=free }}
- Charruatoxodon{{cite journal|first1=B.S.|last1=Ferrero|first2=G.I.|last2=Schmidt|first3=M.I.|last3=Pérez-Garcia|first4=D.|last4=Perea|first5=A.M.|last5=Ribeiro|title=A new Toxodontidae (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from the Upper Pliocene-Lower Pleistocene of Uruguay|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|doi=10.1080/02724634.2021.2023167|date=23 February 2022|volume=41 |issue=5 |pages=1–12}}
- Cyonasua{{cite journal |last1=Soibelzon |first1=Leopoldo H. |last2=Rinderknecht |first2=Andrés |last3=Tarquini |first3=Juliana |last4=Ugalde |first4=Raúl |title=First record of fossil procyonid (Mammalia, Carnivora) from Uruguay |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |date=June 2019 |volume=92 |pages=368–373 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2019.03.024|bibcode=2019JSAES..92..368S |s2cid=135212698 }}
- Gomphotheridae indet.{{Cite journal|last1=Perea|first1=D.|last2=Alberdi|first2=M. T.|date=2015-12-30|title=Los gonfotéridos (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de Uruguay: taxonomía, estratigrafía y cronología|journal=Estudios Geológicos|volume=71|issue=2|pages=e036|doi=10.3989/egeol.41864.346|issn=1988-3250|doi-access=free|hdl=10261/127862|hdl-access=free}}
- Isostylomys laurillardi{{Cite journal|author1=Andrés Rinderknecht |author2=Enrique Bostelmann |author3=Martín Ubilla |year=2018 |title=Making a giant rodent: cranial anatomy and ontogenetic development in the genus Isostylomys (Mammalia, Hystricognathi, Dinomyidae) |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=245–261 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1285360 |bibcode=2018JSPal..16..245R |s2cid=90400618 }}
- Lestobradys sprechmanni[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260158 Lestobradys] at Fossilworks.org
- Neobrachytherium ullumense{{Cite journal|last1=Badin |first1=A. C. |last2=Corona |first2=A. |last3=Schmidt |first3=G. I. |last4=Perea |first4=D. |last5=Ubilla |first5=M. |year=2024 |title=New reports, updates, and additional comments about Neobrachytherium ullumense Soria, 2001 (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae) in the Late Miocene of Uruguay and Argentina |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=31 |issue=2 |at=23 |doi=10.1007/s10914-024-09713-8 }}
- Neoglyptatelus uruguayensis{{cite journal |author1=Juan C. Fernicola |author2=Andrés Rinderknecht |author3=Washington Jones |author4=Sergio F. Vizcaíno |author5=Kleberson Propino |year=2018 |title=A new species of Neoglyptatelus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the late Miocene of Uruguay provides new insights on the evolution of the dorsal armor in cingulates |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=233–252 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.02.12.2017.3150 |hdl=11336/96801 |s2cid=133785414 |hdl-access=free }}
- Proeuphractus limpidus
- Pseudobrachytherium{{cite journal|last1=Corona|first1=A.|last2=Badín|first2=A.C.|last3=Perea|first3=D.|last4=Ubilla|first4=M.|last5=Schmidt|first5=G.I.|year=2020|title=A new genus and species and additional reports of the South American native ungulates Proterotheriidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) in the Late Miocene of Uruguay|journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences|volume=102|pages=102646|doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102646|bibcode=2020JSAES.10202646C }}
;Birds
- Giganhinga{{Cite journal|last1=Rinderknecht|first1=A.|last2=Noriega|first2=J.I.|year=2002|title=Un nuevo género de Anhingidae (Aves: Pelecaniformes) del Plioceno–Pleistoceno del Uruguay (Formación San José).|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287726682|journal=Ameghiniana|volume=39|issue=2|pages=183–191|access-date=2022-05-05|archive-date=2022-05-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509200926/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jorge-Noriega-5/publication/287726682_A_new_genus_of_Anhingidae_Aves_Pelecaniformes_from_the_Pliocene-Pleistocene_of_Uruguay_San_Jose_Formation/links/56bb439008ae2d6f2013a219/A-new-genus-of-Anhingidae-Aves-Pelecaniformes-from-the-Pliocene-Pleistocene-of-Uruguay-San-Jose-Formation.pdf|url-status=live}}
;Fish
See also
References
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Bibliography
- D. Perea and M. Ubilla. 1990. Los selacios (Chondrichthyes) de la Fm. Camacho (Mioceno sup., Uruguay). Revista de la Soco Uruguaya de Geología 2(4):5-13
- A. Rinderknecht, D. Perea, and H.G. McDonald. 2007. A New Mylodontinae (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the Camacho Formation (Late Miocene), Uruguay. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):744-747
- {{citation |last1=Fernicola |first1=Juan C. |last2=Rinderknecht |first2=Andrés |last3=Jones |first3=Washington |last4=Vizcaíno |first4=Sergio F. |last5=Propino |first5=Kleberson |year=2018 |title=A new species of Neoglyptatelus (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the late Miocene of Uruguay provides new insights on the evolution of the dorsal armor in cingulates |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322187896 |journal=Ameghiniana |volume=55 |issue=3 |pages=233–252 |doi=10.5710/AMGH.02.12.2017.3150 |hdl=11336/96801 |accessdate=2018-10-01|hdl-access=free }}
- {{citation |last=Rinderknecht |first=Andrés |year=2011 |title=Estudio sobre los roedores gigantes del Uruguay, Departamento de San José (Mioceno tardío-Pliocene) y sus implicancias para la sistemática y taxonomía de la familia Dinomyidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) |url=https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3904/1/uy24-15484.pdf |publisher=Universidad de la República |pages=1–101 |accessdate=2018-10-01}}
- {{citation |last=Verde |first=Mariano |year=2002 |title=Icnología de la formación Camacho (Mioceno tardío) del Uruguay (MSc. thesis) |url=https://www.colibri.udelar.edu.uy/bitstream/123456789/4028/1/uy24-10038.pdf |publisher=Universidad de la República |pages=1–125 |accessdate=2017-08-15}}
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