Nuapua 2 (Holocene): Holocene, Bolivia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Propraopus sp.
Ameghino 1881
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| possibly reworked, but preservation is not discussed | ||||||||||
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Dasypus cf. novemcinctus
Linnaeus 1758
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| recombined as Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus | ||||||||||
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Chaetophractus sp.
Fitzinger 1871
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| compared to C. vellerosus and C. villosus | ||||||||||
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Zaedyus pichiy
Desmarest 1804
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Euphractus sexcinctus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Tolypeutes matacus
(Azara 1801)
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| recombined as Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Eumops perotis
(Schinz 1821)
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| a second, smaller bat is also present | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Dusicyon sp.
Hamilton Smith 1839
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| compared D. griseus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Morenelaphus sp.
Carette 1922
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| possibly reworked, but preservation is typical of in situ taxa | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Chinchillidae
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Lagostomus maximus
(Desmarest 1817)
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| an additional, smaller chinchillid is present | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Galea cf. musteloides
Meyen 1832
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ctenomyidae
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Ctenomys sp.
de Blainville 1826
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Echimyidae
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Myocastor coypus
(Molina 1782)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Zygodontomys sp.
Allen 1897
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| compared to Z. lasiurus | ||||||||||
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Calomys sp.
(Waterhouse 1837)
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| Pardinas and Galliari 1996 | ||||||||||
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Phyllotis sp.
Waterhouse 1837
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| Pardinas and Galliari 1996 | ||||||||||
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Necromys cf. lactens
Thomas 1918
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| Pardinas and Galliari 1996 | ||||||||||
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Holochilus chacarius
Thomas 1906
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| Pardinas and Galliari 1996: may include H. brasiliensis of Hoffstetter | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Bolivia |
| Coordinates: | 20.9° South, 63.1° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.9° South, 62.8° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 6600 ± 370 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Nuapua | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: C14 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray tuff |
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
| Geology comments: "une cinerite coherente, de couleur grise"; thickness 1.50 m | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Associated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:frogs, turtles, squamates, and birds also present; apparently reworked Pleistocene large mammals are placed in a separate list | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 71324 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
| Created: | 1999-02-16 16:25:40 | Last modified: | 2010-01-26 20:54:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-16 16:25:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23916. | R. Hoffstetter. 1968. Bull Mus Nat Hist Natur 40:823-836 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |