Tarija-3 (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: Tarija, Bolivia (21.6° S, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 64.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Ensenadan (1.8 - 0.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, silty siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. M. Gasparini, E. Soibelzon, A. E. Zurita and A. R. Miño-Boilini. 2010. A review of the Quaternary Tayassuidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Tarija valley, Bolivia. Alcheringa 34(1):7-20 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142544: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 13.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Catagonus stenocephalus Lund 1880 Chacoan peccary
Specimen MNPA-V 1450
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary
Specimen MACN 525