Where: Peru (13.5° S, 72.0° W: paleocoordinates 16.0° S, 62.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: San Sebastian Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• there is a "minimum radiocarbon date of 43,3000 years B.P." on wood "from this locality"
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1977
• 1977 material is in the KUVP collection
Primary reference: D. Frailey and K. E. Campbell. 1980. A Pleistocene record of Bufo spinulosus from Peru. Copeia 1980:935-936 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71296: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.02.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Mammalia | |
Mazama andina brocket deer | |
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica
"Macrauchenia patachonica" = Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental | |
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Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate | |
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate |