Tarija Formation

Geologic formation in Bolivia

Tarija

Type| Formation
Location
Coordinates| -21.5,-64.75
Approximate paleocoordinates| -21.6,-64.2
Country|  Bolivia
Type section
Named for| Tarija

The Tarija Formation is a Pleistocene-age geologic formation found near Tarija, Bolivia.

## Background[edit]

Fossils of numerous large herbivorous mammals have been discovered, including toxodonts like Toxodon platensis, glyptodonts, ground sloths, and litopterns such as Macrauchenia patachonica.[1] Numerous carnivorous mammals have been found, including Smilodon populator, Arctotherium tarijense, and Protocyon tarijensis.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ MacFadden, B.J.; Shockey, B.J. (2016). "Ancient feeding ecology and niche differentiation of Pleistocene mammalian herbivores from Tarija, Bolivia: morphological and isotopic evidence". Paleobiology. 23(1): 77-100. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
2. ^ Prevosti, F.J.; Forasiepi, A.M. (2018). "South American Fossil Carnivorans (Order Carnivora)". Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies: 77-100. Retrieved 27 November 2023.

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