Cotoca (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: Santa Cruz, Bolivia (17.8° S, 63.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ensenadan mammal zone, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, sandy sandstone and lithified, silty siltstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado

Primary reference: H. Azurduy. 2005. Una nueva especie fósil de Ctenomys (Rodentia) y breve panorama paleontológico del género en Bolivia. Kempffiana 1:29-39 [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142417: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 11.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys cotocaensis Azurduy 2005 caviomorph
Holotype (PAL-5400) and paratype (PAL-5401)