Cobija (Miocene of Bolivia)

Where: Pando, Bolivia (11.0° S, 68.8° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 67.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Probably from either the Cobija or Solimoes Formations, both of which are late Miocene

• group-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

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 68795: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Deborah Weinstein on 07.02.2007, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
Reptilia
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830 river turtle
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Mourasuchus arendsi Bocquentin Villanueva 1984 crocodilian
AMNH 14441
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish