Tarija: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Bolivia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. marinus Tihen 1962
subspecies horribilis
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ceratophrynidae
Ceratophrys sp. Wied 1824
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Vultur gryphus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Toxodon cf. platensis Owen 1837
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Notiomastodon sp. Cabrera 1929
Haplomastodon sp. Hoffstetter 1950
synonym of Notiomastodon
or Stegomastodon
Cuvieronius hyodon (Fischer 1814)
    = Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884
Alroy 2007
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Andinomys cf. edea
Kunsia fronto Winge 1887
Oxymycterus cf. paranensis
Phyllotis cf. darwini
Calomys cf. lancha
Nectomys cf. squamipes (Brants 1827)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Coendou sp. Lacépède 1799
Coendou magnus Lund 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus tarijensis
Hydrochoerus tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Hydrochoerus aff. capybara (Pallas 1766)
Ameghino 1902
synonym of Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae
Euryzygomatomys hoffstetteri
Mammalia - Rodentia - Myocastoridae
Matyoscor perditus n. gen., n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys brachyrhinus n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Ctenomys subquadratus n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Ctenomys subassentiens n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctotherium wingei n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Arctotherium tarijense n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Nasua sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus suffocans (Illiger 1811)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon populator Lund 1842
Machaerodus ensenadensis (Ameghino 1888)
Ameghino 1902
Felis yaguaroundi
Felis platensis Ameghino 1889
Ameghino 1902
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
recombined as Puma concolor
Panthera onca (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Protocyon troglodytes (Lund 1938)
original and current combination Canis troglodytes
Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger 1815)
Palaeocyon tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
recombined as Canis tarijensis
Canis proplatensis Ameghino 1891
Ameghino 1902
Pseudalopex gymnocercus (Fischer 1814)
original and current combination Procyon gymnocercus
Canis dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Hippocamelus (Furcifer) incognitus n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Charitoceros tarijensis
Cervus tuberculatus Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Ameghino 1902
Cervus percultus n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus tarijensis
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama castelnaudi (Gervais 1854)
Ameghino 1902
Palaeolama weddelli (Gervais 1855)
Ameghino 1902
recombined as Palaeolama (Palaeolama) weddellii
Lama cf. oweni
Lama provicugna
Lama glama (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia patachonica Owen 1838
corrected as Macrauchenia patagonica
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus insulatus Ameghino 1904
recombined as Equus (Amerhippus) insulatus
Hippidion bonaerensis
originally entered as "Hippidion bonaerense"
Hippidion principale Lund 1846
Onohippidium devillei Gervais 1855
recombined as Hippidion devillei
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium cf. humboldtii (Lund 1839)
"Pampatherium cf. humboldti": or typum
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866
Zamorano and Oliva 2020
MNPA-V 006598, originally attributed Panochthus cf. P. tuberculatus by Hoffstetter (1964)
Neothoracophorus cf. elevatus (Nodot 1857)
    = Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839
Zurita et al. 2009
Chlamydotherium cf. sellowi
synonym of Glyptodon
Glyptodon reticulatus Owen 1845
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae
Hoplophorus echazui
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus 1758)
Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804
Dasypus tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Propraopus cf. sulcatus (Lund 1838)
or grandis
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Megatherium tarijense Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Nothropus tarijensis
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon tarijensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
MNHN TAR 1260 Type, FMNH P 14243, MNPA 005769, MNPA 32, MNPA 368
cf. Scelidodon tarijensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Miño-Boilini and Carlini 2009
MNPA 298
Pseudolestodon tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902
Ameghino 1902
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855
Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Lutreolina crassicaudata (Desmarest 1804)
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia State/province:Tarija
Coordinates: 21.5° South, 64.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.6° South, 64.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:1870 meters
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tarija
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: silty,sandy not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Valle de Tarija Valle de Tarija
Database number:70673
Authorizer:D. Croft, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, C. Jaramillo, B. Allen Enterer:D. Weinstein, B. Allen, J. Alroy, J. Carrillo, G. Varnham
Modifier:B. Allen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-02 07:46:16 Last modified:2023-08-02 04:26:54
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-02 07:46:16
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
19694. 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]

Secondary references:

19636 J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
85519 F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261 [B. Allen/B. Allen]
73492 A. R. Miño-Boilini and A. A. Carlini. 2009. The Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1904 (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan–Lujanian Stage/Ages (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene–Early Holocene) of Argentina. Quarternary International 210:93-101 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
73596 M. Zamorano and C. Oliva. 2020. Restos de †Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra; Cingulata; Glyptodontidae) registrados en áreas de altura: descripción y comentarios. Revista del Museo de La Plata 5(2):411-422 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
66268 A. E. Zurita, A. R. Miño-Boilini, E. Soibelzon, A. A. Carlini, and F. Paredes Ríos. 2009. The diversity of Glyptodontidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) in the Tarija valley (Bolivia): systematic, biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic aspects of a particular assemblage. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 251(2):225-237 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]