Cupisnique Desert (including Pampa de los Fósiles and Piedra Escrita sites: Lujanian, Peru
collected by Paleontological mission of Institut de Paleontologie et de Geologie du Quaternary, Bordeaux, France
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina cf. paulacoutoi
Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985
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| Three phalanges, one carpal, a fragment of maxilla, and several undetermined fragments (all under the reference number HDD PV22-108-U3); fragments of skull and dental (HDD PV-22-109) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Scelidodon chiliensis
(Lydekker 1886)
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Pujos 2000 | |||||||||
| recombined as Scelidodon chiliense | ||||||||||
| A sub-complete specimen (MNHN CPN 16): a poorly preserved right foot which consists of tibia (distal epiphysis), of calcaneum fragment, navicular fragment, of astragalus fragment, fragments of metatarsals and phalanx, two sesamoids (cyamo-fabella and ossified meniscus from the knee joint. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium laurillardi
(Lund 1842)
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| Proximal two thirds of Mt V (HDD PV22-44-U12); two large specimens represented by cranial and madibular portions (HDD PV22-40); several postcranial elements of a single specimen without skull but with atlas, axis, several thoracic vertebrae, portions of both radii, right clavicle, right femur (proximal epiphysis), right tibia-fibula (poorly preserved), and both astragali (HDD PV22-44-U9) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Stegomastodon sp.
Pohlig 1912
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= Notiomastodon sp.
Cabrera 1929
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Mothé and Avilla 2015 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neochoerus sp.
Hay 1926
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama sp.
Gervais 1869
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus santaeelenae
Spillmann 1938
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Pseudalopex sp.
Burmeister 1856
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| synonym of Lycalopex | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | La Libertad |
| Coordinates: | 7.5° South, 79.5° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.5° South, 79.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Lujanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.30000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 25000 ± 1000 to 15000 ± 500 YBP (U/Th) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Dates according with Falgueres et al. (1994). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Pleistocene levels of the Cupisnique Desert are formed by heterometric breccia with large elements, aeolian sands and windworn, and littoral limestones. | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
| Geology comments: Pleistocene levels of the Cupisnique Desert are formed by heterometric breccia with large elements (channel deposits where the fossiliferous levels are located), aeolian sands and windworn, and littoral limestones | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original calcite,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collectors: | Paleontological mission of Institut de Paleontologie et de Geologie du Quaternary, Bordeaux, France |
| Taxonomic list comments:Eremotherium laurillardi is reposited at Huaca del Dragon (Trujillo, Peru) (HDD).
Scelidodon chiliensis is reposited at Museum national d'Historie naturalle (Paris, France) (MNHN). Holmesina cf. paulacoutoi is reposited at HDD. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | PV 22-19 | ||
| Database number: | 145505 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | A. Cárdenas, J. Carrillo |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-04 04:20:29 | Last modified: | 2020-08-03 05:11:41 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2018-06-04 04:20:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46859. | 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. Cárdenas] |
Secondary references:
| 66428 | D. Mothé and L. Avilla. 2015. Mythbusting evolutionary issues on South American Gomphotheriidae (Mammalia: Proboscidea). Quaternary Science Reviews 110:23-35 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] | |
| 73256 | F. Pujos. 2000. Scelidodon Chiliensis (Xenarthra, Mammalia) du Pléistocène terminal de Pampa de los Fósiles. Quaternaire 11(3-4):197-206 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |