Sopas Formation

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

Sopas Formation
Stratigraphic range: Late Pleistocene ~0.07–0.014 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Type	Geological formation
Location
Country	Uruguay
Extent	Paraná Basin
Type section
Named for	Arroyo Sopas

Fossil content

The following fossils have been reported from the formation:

• Antifer^[3]
• Dusicyon avus^[4]
• Glossotherium robustum^[5]
• Gomphotheridae indet.^[6]
• Hippidion
• Lestodon armatus^[7]
• Lundomys molitor
• Macrauchenia
• Morenelaphus^[8]
• Neolicaphrium
• Neuryurus^[9]
• Panochthus tuberculatus^[10]
• Protocyon troglodites^[11]
• Smilodon
• Toxodon

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Uruguay