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Nuapua 2 (Holocene) (Holocene of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (20.9° S, 63.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° S, 62.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Nuapua Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• C14

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray tuff

• "une cinerite coherente, de couleur grise"; thickness 1.50 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1968. Bull Mus Nat Hist Natur 40:823-836 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71324: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

• frogs, turtles, squamates, and birds also present; apparently reworked Pleistocene large mammals are placed in a separate list

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Phyllotis sp., Calomys sp., Necromys cf. lactens, Holochilus chacarius, Zygodontomys sp. Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse Pardinas and Galliari 1996 Calomys sp. Waterhouse 1837 vesper mouse Pardinas and Galliari 1996 Necromys cf. lactens Thomas 1918 mouse Pardinas and Galliari 1996 Holochilus chacarius Thomas 1906 marsh rat Pardinas and Galliari 1996: may include H. brasiliensis of Hoffstetter Zygodontomys sp. Allen 1897 cane mice compared to Z. lasiurus
Rodentia - Chinchillidae	Lagostomus maximus Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha an additional, smaller chinchillid is present
Rodentia - Caviidae	Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, Galea cf. musteloides Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara Galea cf. musteloides Meyen 1832 common yellow-toothed cavy
Rodentia - Echimyidae	Myocastor coypus Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu
Rodentia - Ctenomyidae	Ctenomys sp. Ctenomys sp. de Blainville 1826 caviomorph
Chiroptera - Molossidae	Eumops perotis Eumops perotis Schinz 1821 western mastiff bat a second, smaller bat is also present
Carnivora - Canidae	Dusicyon sp. Dusicyon sp. Hamilton Smith 1839 Falkland Island wolf compared D. griseus
Xenarthra - Dasypodidae	"Tolypeutes matacus" = Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus, Chaetophractus sp., Euphractus sexcinctus, Zaedyus pichiy, "Dasypus cf. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus, Propraopus sp. "Tolypeutes matacus" = Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus Azara 1801 three banded armadillo Chaetophractus sp. Fitzinger 1871 hairy armadillo compared to C. vellerosus and C. villosus Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi "Dasypus cf. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 nine-banded armadillo Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo possibly reworked, but preservation is not discussed
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Morenelaphus sp. Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 deer possibly reworked, but preservation is typical of in situ taxa