Where: Tarija, Bolivia (21.5° S, 64.7° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 64.7° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lujanian mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; lithified, silty siltstone and lithified, sandy sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: Museum repository: Museo Nacional Arqueologico-Paleontologico of Tarija (Bolivia)
Primary reference: M. Coltorti, L. Abbazzi, M. P. Ferretti, P. Iacumin, F. Paredes-Rios, M. Pellegrini, P. Pieruccini, M. Rustioni, G. Tito and L. Rook. 2007. Last glacial mammals in South America: a new scenario from the Tarija basin (Bolivia). Naturwissenschaften 94:288-299 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142158: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 06.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cuvieronius hyodon Fischer 1814 gomphothere | |
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Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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Macrauchenia cf. patagonica Owen 1838 placental | |
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Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
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Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary | |
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Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat | |
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Coendou sp. Lacépède 1799 prehensile-tailed porcupine | |
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Xenarthra indet. edentate | |
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Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875 edentate | |
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Glyptodon cf. reticulatus Owen 1845 glyptodon | |
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Dasypus sp. Linnaeus 1758 armadillo | |
"Tardigrada indet." = Folivora
"Tardigrada indet." = Folivora Delsuc et al. 2001 edentate | |
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Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
Scelidotheriinae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
Lestodon cf. armatus Gervais 1855 edentate | |
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Megatherium cf. tarijense Gervais and Ameghino 1880 edentate | |