PBDB Collection

Shapaja (TAR-01) (Oligocene of Peru)

Also known as TAR 01

Where: Peru (6.6° S, 76.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 6.2° S, 67.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tinguirician mammal zone, Pozo Shale Member (Pozo Formation), Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 27.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; conglomerate

• fluvial micro-conglomeratic lenses intercalated with floodplain fine deposits

•Channelized blue clays with plurimillimetric limestone nodules. Fluvio-littoral setting.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Boivin, L. Marivaux, F. Pujos, R. Salas-Gismondi, J. V. Tejada-Lara, R. M. Varas-Malca, and P.-O. Antoine. 2018. Early Oligocene caviomorph rodents from Shapaja, Peruvian Amazonia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 311(1-6):87-156 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199559: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 31.01.2019, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Serrasalminae indet., cf. Serrasalmus sp., Pelomedusoidea indet. Serrasalminae indet. cf. Serrasalmus sp. Pelomedusoidea indet.
Charophyceae
-	Charophyceae indet. Charophyceae indet. Smith 1938
unclassified
-	Plantae indet. Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866 silicified wood
Angiospermae
Fabales - Fabaceae	Fabaceae indet. Fabaceae indet. Lindley 1836 legume
Magnoliopsida
-	Magnoliopsida indet. Magnoliopsida indet. Cronquist et al. 1996
Elatine
-	cf. Elatine sp. cf. Elatine sp. Linnaeus 1753 waterwort
Gnathostomata
-	Osteichthyes indet. Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
Osteichthyes
Teleostei -	Siluriformes indet. Siluriformes indet. catfish
Siluriformes - Loricariidae	Loricariidae indet. Loricariidae indet. Gill 1872 catfish
Teleostei -	Characiformes "indet. 2", Characiformes "indet. 3", Characiformes "indet. 4" Characiformes "indet. 2" Regan 1911 ray-finned fish Characiformes "indet. 3" Regan 1911 ray-finned fish Characiformes "indet. 4" Regan 1911 ray-finned fish
Characiformes - Anostomidae	cf. Leporinus sp., Leporinus sp. cf. Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997 ray-finned fish Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997 ray-finned fish
Characiformes - Cynodontidae	cf. Hydrolycus sp. cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997 ray-finned fish
Mammalia
-	Mammalia indet. Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
Tribosphenida -	Marsupialiformes indet. Marsupialiformes indet. Vullo and Gheerbrant 2009 metatherian
Metatheria -	Polydolopimorphia indet. Polydolopimorphia indet. metatherian
Polydolopimorphia -	Argyrolagoidea indet. Argyrolagoidea indet. Ameghino 1904 metatherian
Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae	Proargyrolagus "n. sp. B" Proargyrolagus "n. sp. B" Wolff 1984 metatherian
Paucituberculata -	Palaeothentoidea indet., Palaeothentoidea "indet. non-pichipilxdae 2", Palaeothentoidea " indet. Palaeothentidae + Abderitidae clade" Palaeothentoidea indet. Goin et al. 2009 marsupial Palaeothentoidea "indet. non-pichipilxdae 2" Goin et al. 2009 marsupial Palaeothentoidea " indet. Palaeothentidae + Abderitidae clade" Goin et al. 2009 marsupial
Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae	Palaeothentidae "n. sp. C", Palaeothentidae "n. sp. D", Palaeothentidae indet. Palaeothentidae "n. sp. C" Sinclair 1906 marsupial Palaeothentidae "n. sp. D" Sinclair 1906 marsupial Palaeothentidae indet. Sinclair 1906 marsupial
Paucituberculata - Abderitidae	Abderitidae indet. Abderitidae indet. Ameghino 1889 marsupial
Rodentia - Agoutidae	Eoincamys cf. pascuali Eoincamys cf. pascuali Frailey and Campbell 2004 caviomorph MUSM 3489 (and more)
Rodentia -	Chinchilloidea indet., Mayomys confluens n. gen. n. sp., Tarapotomys mayoensis n. sp., Shapajamys labocensis n. gen. n. sp. Chinchilloidea indet. Bennett 1833 caviomorph MUSM 3506 and 3507 Mayomys confluens n. gen. n. sp. Boivin et al. 2018 caviomorph MUSM 3183 - holotype Tarapotomys mayoensis n. sp. Boivin et al. 2018 caviomorph MUSM 3496 - holotype Shapajamys labocensis n. gen. n. sp. Boivin et al. 2018 caviomorph MUSM 2995 - holotype
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypodidae indet. Dasypodidae indet. Gray 1821 armadillo
Cingulata -	cf. Yuruatherium sp. cf. Yuruatherium sp. Ciancio et al. 2012 edentate
Pyrotheria -	Pyrotheria indet., cf. Griphodon sp. Pyrotheria indet. Ameghino 1895 placental cf. Griphodon sp. Anthony 1924 placental
Notoungulata -	Toxodontia indet. Toxodontia indet. Ameghino 1887 notoungulate
Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae	Astrapotheriidae indet. Astrapotheriidae indet. Ameghino 1887 placental
Chiroptera -	Chiroptera indet. Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat
Reptilia
Loricata -	Crocodylomorpha indet., Eusuchia indet. Crocodylomorpha indet. Hay 1930 crocodilian Eusuchia indet. crocodilian Gavialoidea/ longirostrine Crocodyloidea (teeth)
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Caimaninae "indet.", Caimaninae indet. Caimaninae "indet." Brochu 1999 crocodilian leaf-shaped teeth Caimaninae indet. Brochu 1999 crocodilian durophagous teeth
Loricata - Sebecidae	cf. Sebecus sp. cf. Sebecus sp. Stirton 1953 crocodilian
Squamata -	Autarchoglossa "indet. morph 2", Autarchoglossa "indet. morph 3" Autarchoglossa "indet. morph 2" Wagler 1830 squamates Autarchoglossa "indet. morph 3" Wagler 1830 squamates
Amphibia
Salientia -	Anura indet., Anura "indet. non-Pipidae" Anura indet. frog Anura "indet. non-Pipidae" frog
Osteichthyes
Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae	Lepidosirenidae indet. Lepidosirenidae indet. Stirton 1953 Australian lungfish
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae	Pachychilidae "indet. 1", Pachychilidae "indet. 2" Pachychilidae "indet. 1" Troschel 1857 snail Pachychilidae "indet. 2" Troschel 1857 snail
Malacostraca
Decapoda - Trichodactylidae	Trichodactylidae indet. Trichodactylidae indet. Milne-Edwards 1853 crab