† Glyptodontidae indet.

Fig. 6

Referred material.

Two isolated osteoderms (AMU-CURS-1047 and -1360) were collected on the surface at the Cauca site (Fig. 1B).

Descriptions.

Both isolated osteoderms are from the shell. AMU-CURS-1047 has a Tl of 47 mm and is eroded on both the internal and external faces, which does not allow the identification of the ornamentation pattern (Fig. 6A1, A2). AMU-CURS-1360 possibly corresponds to an osteoderm from the anterior lateral region of the shell and this has a Tl of 31 mm; it is also eroded on the inner face, and partially preserving the ornamentation of the outer face with a central figure of irregular polygonal shape, preserving some foramina that could belong to hair follicles and surrounded by a groove (Fig. 6B1, B2).

Remarks.

The state of preservation of these two osteoderms does not allow a more precise taxonomic determination than Glyptodontidae, Glyptodontinae . However, these osteoderms could belong to the genus Glyptotherium, widely known in the Late Pleistocene of the Falcón State, especially at the sites of Muaco and Taima-Taima (Carlini et al. 2008, 2022). A recent report suggests that these Glyptotherium -related armadillos had a broader distribution in what is now Venezuela during the Late Pleistocene, with reports including mountain areas above 1200 m altitude (see Jaimes et al. (2024b)).

Proboscidea Illiger, 1811

† Gomphotheriidae Hay, 1922

† Notiomastodon Cabrera, 1929