Tablazo_Formation,_Ecuador
The Tablazo Formation is a Middle Pleistocene geologic formation of Santa Elena Province in western Ecuador. The claystones and sandstones were deposited in an estuarine environment.[1]
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| Tablazo Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Mid Pleistocene (Lujanian) ~0.8–0.2 Ma | |
| Type | Geological formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Claystone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 1.2°S 80.8°W / -1.2; -80.8 |
| Region | Santa Elena Province |
| Country |  Ecuador |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Cerro El Tablazo |
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The formation has provided the following fossils:[1]
- Geochelone sp.[2]
- Eremotherium cf. laurillardi
- Notiomastodon platensis (described as Haplomastodon waringii)[3]
- Smilodon fatalis
An association of two subadult and one adult specimen of Smilodon fatalis was reported from the formation by Reynolds, Seymour & Evans (2021), who interpret the subadult specimens as likely to be siblings, and evaluate the implications of this finding for the knowledge of the life history of S. fatalis.[4]
- Tablazo Formation at Fossilworks.org
- Cadena et al., 2017
- Cantalamessa et al., 2001
- Reynolds et al., 2021
Bibliography
- Reynolds, A. R.; K. L. Seymour, and D. C. Evans. 2021. Smilodon fatalis siblings reveal life history in a saber-toothed cat. iScience in press. Article 101916. . doi:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101916
- Cadena, Edwin A.; Juan Abella, and Maria D. Gregori. 2017. New findings of Pleistocene fossil turtles (Geoemydidae, Kinosternidae and Chelydridae) from Santa Elena Province, Ecuador. PeerJ 5. e3215. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- Cantalamessa, G.; C. Di Celma; G. Bianucci; G. Carnevale; M. Coltorti; M. Delfino; G. Ficcarelli; M. Moreno Espinosa, and D. Naldini, P. Pieruccini, L. Ragaini, L. Rook, M. Rossi, G. Tito, D. Torre, G. Valleri and W. Landini. 2001. A new vertebrate fossiliferous site from the Late Quaternary at San José on the north coast of Ecuador: preliminary note. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 14. 331–334. Accessed 2017-05-07.