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Sopas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene
~0.07–0.014 Ma
TypeGeological formation
Location
CountryUruguay
ExtentParaná Basin
Type section
Named forArroyo Sopas

The Sopas Formation is a Late Pleistocene geologic formation in Uruguay.[1][2]

Fossil content

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The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

Didelphimorphia

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Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Didelphis D. cf albiventris Didelphidae Sopas Creek[3]

Río Arapey Grande[4]

Xenarthra

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Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Propraopus P. sp Dasypodidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Dasypus Dasypus novemcinctus Dasypodidae Sopas Creek[3]
Glyptodon G. clavipes Glyptodontidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Panochthus P. tuberculatus Glyptodontidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Neuryurus N. rudis Glyptodontidae Pintado[5]
Pampatherium P. humboldtii Pampatheriidae Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Glossotherium G.robustum Mylodontidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]
Lestodon L. armatus Mylodontidae Pintado[5]
cf. Scelidotherium S. sp Mylodontidae Malo Creek[6]
Megatherium M. americanum Megatheriidae Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Nothrotherium N.maquinense Nothrotheriidae Sopas Creek[3]

Proboscidea

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Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Gomphotheriidae indet. Gomphotheriidae Pintado[5]

Meridiungulata

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Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Neolicaphrium N. recens Proterotheriidae Sopas Creek[3]

Río Arapey Grande[4]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Macrauchenia M. patagonica Macraucheniidae Sopas Creek[3]

Malo Creek[6]
Toxodon T. platensis Toxodontidae Pintado[5]

Perissodactyla

Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Tapirus Tapirus terrestris Tapiridae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Equus E. neogens Equidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]
Hippidion H. principale Equidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Artiodactyla

Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Antifer A.ultra Cervidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]
Ozotoceros O. bezoarticus Cervidae Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]

 The Modern Pampas Deer
Morenelaphus brachyceros Cervidae Pintado[5]
Paraceros P. fragilis Cervidae Pintado[5]
Tayassu Tayassu pecari Tayassuidae Sopas Creek[3] White-Lipped Peccary
Catagonus C. sp Tayassuidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]
Hemiauchenia H. paradoxa Camelidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Llama L. sp Camelidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Carnivora

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Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Puma P. concolor Felidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

 A mountain lion
Panthera P. onca Felidae Sopas Creek[3]

Malo Creek[6]

 A Jaguar
Smilodon S. fatalis Felidae Tres Cruces Grande Creek[7]
S. populator Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Leopardus L. pardalis Felidae Malo Creek[6]
Lontra L. longicaudis Mustelidae Malo Creek[6]
Dusicyon D. avus Canidae Sopas Creek[3]
Lycalopex L. gymnoceras Canidae Sopas Creek[3]

Malo Creek[6]
Protocyon P. troglodytes Canidae Sopas Creek[3]
Tremarctinae indt Ursidae Pintado[5]

Rodentia

Genus Species Family Locality Material Notes Images
Cavia C. sp Caviidae Sopas Creek[3]

Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Microcavia M. criolloensis Caviidae Sopas Creek[3]
Neochoerus N. cf. aesopi Caviidae Malo Creek[6]
Hydrochoerus H. hydrochaeris Caviidae Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]

 Capybara
Dolichotis D. sp. Caviidae Malo Creek[6]
Galea G. sp. Caviidae Malo Creek[6]
Holochilus H. sp. Cricetidae Pintado[5]
Lundomys L. molitor Cricetidae Pintado[5]
Reithrodon R. sp. Cricetidae Malo Creek[6]
cf. Wilfredomys cf. W. oenax Cricetidae Malo Creek[6]
Coendou C. magnus Erethizontidae Pintado[5]

Malo Creek[6]
Myocastor M. coypus Echimyidae Pintado[5] Nutria

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Sopas Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ↑ Ubilla, M.; Martínez, S. (2016). "Continental Beds". Geology and Paleontology of the Quaternary of Uruguay. Montevideo: Springer International Publishing. pp. 29–61. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29303-5.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "col:140159 - Sopas Creek (Pleistocene of Uruguay)". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  4. 1 2 "Río Arapey Grande". Paleobiodb.org. 2026-09-21.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 "Pintado". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2026-09-21.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "Malo Creek". Paleobiodb.org. 2026-09-21.
  7. ↑ "First record of Smilodon fatalis Leidy, 1868 (Felidae, Machairodontinae) in the extra-Andean region of South America (late Pleistocene, Sopas Formation), Uruguay: Taxonomic and paleobiogeographic implications". Quaternary Science Reviews. 180. 2018-01-15. doi:10.1016/j.qua. ISSN 0277-3791. Archived from the original on 2022-12-27.

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