Ymata (Pleistocene of Peru)

Where: Puno, Peru (16.2° S, 69.9° W: paleocoordinates 16.3° S, 69.7° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• For Hoffstetter (1986) the age could be Pliocene or Pleistocene.

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Remains were collected by Parodi during the fifties in hacienda Ymata.

Primary reference: F. Pujos and R. Salas. 2004. A systematic reassessment and paleogeographic review of fossil Xenarthra from Peru. Bulletin de l'institut Francais d'Études Andines 33:331-377 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 146863: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 01.07.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
cf. Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon