Presence of Arctotherium (Carnivora, Ursidae, Tremarctinae) in a pre-cultural level of Bano Nuevo-1 cave (Central Patagonia, Chile)

Abstract

The description of an I-3 assigned to Arctotherium sp. obtained from the Bano Nuevo-1 site (Central Patagonia, Chile) is presented. The finding was recovered from Layer 5 and it is associated to Macrauchenia sp., Lama guanicoe, Felidae, Camelidae, Equidae and Mylodontidae, within a sterile deposit of cultural material, dated between ca. 13.500 and 11.200 BP. Despite the fact that it is only a single specimen, such finding extends the known distribution for the genus in Chile.