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A new species of Peltephilidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata) (early Eocene–late Miocene) is described here. Thenew taxon is based on three specimens collected from the margins of Arroyo Chasicó, Buenos Aires Province, (Argenti-na), which correspond to the Arroyo Chasicó Formation (late Miocene, Chasicoan SALMA). The new species is charac-terized by osteoderms with a very rough exposed surface showing high longitudinal and well developed crests (two lateraland one central) with deep and ample valleys among them. The new taxon is the only “relictual” xenarthran cingulate ofthe Santacrucian Age (late early Miocene) to be registered for the last time in the Chasicoan SALMA (late Miocene), and represents the youngest record of the family Peltephilidae.

-THE PELTEPHILIDAE (MAMMALIA, XENARTHRA) FROM THE COLLÓN CURÁ FORMATION (COLLONCURAN, MIDDLE MIOCENE), ARGENTINA. The Peltephilidae (early Eocene-late Miocene) are a group of extinct armadillos exclusive from South America, known for having horn-like osteoderms on the nasals and maxillaries. This paper discusses a nomenclatorial proposal for anatomical description of these cingulate osteoderms and describes for the fi rst time specimens of Peltephilidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from the Collón Curá Formation (Colloncuran, middle Miocene) of Patagonia (Argentina). The major change in the nomenclature of the osteoderms in Peltephilidae here proposed is to replace the term "central or main fi gure" by "central longitudinal elevation". Finally, by analogy with the living species of Dasypodidae and the extinct Pampatheriidae, some considerations are presented about the relationships between the osteoderm and the overlying epidermal scale in Peltephilidae. The new specimens are assigned to Peltephilidae gen. et sp. indet., Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino and P. nanus Ameghino. The latter two species represent their youngest record and indicate a closer taxonomic affi nity of the Colloncuran age with the previous Santacrucian, instead of the subsequent Laventan and Mayoan.Key words: Peltephilidae, Xenarthra, middle Miocene, Colloncuran, Patagonia, Argentina.RESUMO -Os Peltephilidae (Eoceno inferior-Mioceno superior) são um grupo de cingulados extintos exclusivos da América do Sul, conhecidos por apresentar alguns osteodermos cefálicos diferenciados num par de cornos pré-orbitários. Neste trabalho se discute uma proposta nomenclatural para a descrição anatômica dos osteodermos desses cingulados e se descrevem pela primeira vez restos de Peltephilidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) para a Formação Collón Curá (Colloncurense, Miocen o médio) da Patagônia (Argentina). A principal mudança na nomenclatura dos osteodermos dos Peltephilidae aqui proposta, é a substituição do termo "fi gura central ou principal" por "elevação central longitudinal". Finalmente, por analogia com as espécies de Dasypodidae atuais e Pampatheriidae são apresentadas algumas considerações sobre a relação entre o osteodermo e a escama epidérmica sobrejacente nos Peltephilidae. Os novos espécimens são atribuídos a Peltephilidae gen. et sp. indet., Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino e P. nanus Ameghino. Os últimos dois registros são os mais recentes para ambas espécies e indicam uma maior afi nidade taxonômica da idade Colloncurense à precedente Santacruzense, do que com as posteriores Laventense e Maioense.

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We report ten new dental specimens of primates from the early Miocene Pinturas Formation, Patagonia, Argentina. The new material includes: a left lower canine and a left upper canine whose affinities remain to be determined; a mandibular fragment preserving part of the symphysis; and right p3-4, practically indistinguishable from Soriacebus adrianae; and a lower molar, probably m2, attributable to S. ameghinorum. A lower molar, probably m3, a P4, and an upper molar resemble Carlocebus carmenensis.Three additional specimens, too damaged for an accurate taxonomic assignment, are tentatively assigned to S. ameghinorum. The specimens here described can be assigned to taxa already known from the Pinturas Formation (S. ameghinorum, S. adrianae, and C. carmenensis) and provide new morphological information.

Paleogene records of Cingulata Glyptodontidae are scarce. The only well described comes from the Paleogene of Argentine Patagonia. Two subfamilies have been reported for that period: Glyptatelinae and Propalaehoplophorinae. Until this contribution, the latter taxon was geographically restricted to the locality of El Pajarito (Late Oligocene, Deseadan SALMA), Chubut province, Argentina. Here we present and describe the northernmost record of a Paleogene Propalaehoplophorinae. The material is represented by three associated osteoderms of the dorsal carapace from the Fray Bentos Formation (Late Oligocene, Deseadan SALMA) in the locality of Cueva del Tigre, Chajarí, Entre Ríos province, Argentina. Morphologically, these remains are almost identical to those reported from the late Oligocene of the Patagonian region, showing that during the Paleogene the Propalaehoplophorinae had a larger latitudinal distribution than previously known.

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