San Pedro paleontologists discover exceptionally complete fossilized limb

The San Pedro Paleontological Museum has recovered an exceptionally well-preserved limb from a fossilized corzuela, a small South American deer, in the Bajo del Tala site in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.

The fossilized remains, which date back approximately 30,000 years to the Pleistocene epoch, include a scapula, humerus, ulna, radius, tarsus, and metatarsus. Notably, the bones were found in an articulated state, meaning they remained in the same position they held during the animal's life, a rarity in the fossil record.

The discovery was made by museum collaborators José Luis Aguilar, Walter Parra, and Alexis Celié during a routine inspection of an area exposed by rain erosion. Specialists, including CONICET researcher Germán Gasparini, are currently working to identify the specific genus, with preliminary findings suggesting it may belong to Mazama or Subulo.