IN-DTC-37 (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Ucayali, Peru (10.6° S, 73.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° S, 70.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Laventan mammal zone, Ipururo Formation, Laventan (13.8 - 11.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified conglomerate

• Vertebrate remains accumulate mainly in Miocene conglomerates from the Ipururo Formation, inter- preted as storm deposits channelized in nearshore environment (Espurt et al. 2007, 2010).

Size class: macrofossils

• left P3 without ectoloph (MUSM 1467)

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: MUSM: Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.

Primary reference: G. Goillot, P. O. Antoine, J. Tejada, F. Pujos, and R. Salas-Gismondi. 2011. Middle Miocene Uruguaytheriinae (Mammalia, Astrapotheria) from Peruvian Amazonia and a review of the astrapotheriid fossil record in northern South America. Geodiversitas 33(2):331-345 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144794: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juliana Ceballos on 18.05.2013, edited by Juan Carrillo

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Taxonomic list

• left P3 without ectoloph (MUSM 1467)
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Mammalia
 Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae
Xenastrapotherium sp.
Xenastrapotherium sp. Kraglievich 1928 placental
Specimen MUSM 1467
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Pericotoxodon cf. platignathus
Pericotoxodon cf. platignathus Madden 1997 notoungulate
MUSM 1506, MUSM 1501
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Scleromys cf. schurmanni, Drytomomys cf. aequatorialis
Scleromys cf. schurmanni Stehlin 1940 caviomorph
MUSM 1566
Drytomomys cf. aequatorialis Anthony 1922 caviomorph
MUSM 1680