Stegomastodon waringi (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from the Late Pleistocene of northeastern Uruguay

Fossil remains belonging to Proboscidea from the Cerro Largo Department (northeastem Uruguay), are described and taxonomically identified in this work. We compared these remains with those of Stegomastodon waringi and Stegomastodon platensis from several localities in Brazil and Argentina using Discriminant Analysis. Based on general morphology and the results of rnultivariate analyses we considered this specimen as Stegomastodon waringi (HOLLAND, 1920), which along with previous reports significantly expand the southern geographic distribution of this gomphothere species in South America.The present work was made possible by a joint Research Project from AECI, Spain - Argentina (2000-2001 ); Projeets PB94-0071 , PB97-1250, BlE2001-1684 and COL2004-00400/BTE from DOICYT, Spain; Grants from the Universidad Nacional del Centro, and the Project PIP-02773, CONICET and PICTO 04- 11 503 Agencia, Argentina.N