Betanzos basin, Chuquisaca (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: Chuquisaca, Bolivia (19.6° S, 65.5° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° S, 65.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. In R. Suárez-Soruco (ed.), Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652 [D. Croft/D. Weinstein/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71584: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Deborah Weinstein on 30.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon andinum" = Mammut
"Mastodon andinum" = Mammut mastodon
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodontidae indet. Burmeister 1879 glyptodon
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866 glyptodon
  - Mylodontidae
Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel