Alto Urubamba sites (Miocene of Peru)

Also known as Fitzcarrald Arch

Where: Peru (10.4° S, 73.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.0° S, 69.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; conglomerate

• conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Salas-Gismondi, P.-O. Antoine, P. Baby, S. Brusset, M. Benammi, N. Espurt, D. Franceschi, F. Pujos, J. Tejada and M. Urbina. 2007. Middle Miocene crocodiles from the Fitzcarrald Arch, Amazonian Peru. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 8:355-360 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 144512: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Purussaurus sp., aff. Caiman sp.
Purussaurus sp. Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 crocodilian
MUSM 992; left femur
aff. Caiman sp. Spix 1825 caiman
MUSM 1264, tooth