Upper Quebrada Tijascka, Cochabamba (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: Cochabamba, Bolivia (17.8° S, 65.9° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° S, 65.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; silty, sandy 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 71590: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Deborah Weinstein on 30.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923 gomphothere
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama sp. Cuvier 1800 camel
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839 glyptodon
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate