LACM loc.4611 (Neogene of Peru)

Where: Madre de Dios, Peru (11.0° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.3° S, 68.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Huayquerian (8.0 - 5.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve

Primary reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1996. Opossums (Didelphidae) and bats (Noctilionidae and Molossidae) from the late Miocene of the Amazon Basin. Journal of Mammalogy [C. Jaramillo/V. Ramirez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144066: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Valentina Ramirez on 30.04.2013

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Molossidae indet. Gervais 1856 free-tailed bat
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae