Where: Piura, Peru (4.7° S, 81.1° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 81.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Dates according with Bryan (1973)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate
Collection methods: Megatherium elenense is reposited at Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (ROM).
•Holmesina cf. paulacoutoi is reposited at Facultad de Geologia de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru (MUSM).
Primary reference: F. Pujos and R. Salas. 2004. A systematic reassessment and paleogeographic review of fossil Xenarthra from Peru. Bulletin de l'institut Francais d'Études Andines 33:331-377 [C. Jaramillo/J. Ceballos/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145500: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 04.06.2013, edited by Patricio Santamarina, Juan Carrillo and Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
? Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 rodent | |
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? Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
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Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
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Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel | |
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Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
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? Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Conepatus sp. Gray 1837 hog-nosed skunk | |
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Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat | |
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Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate
Scelidodon chiliensis Lydekker 1886 edentate | |
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Megatherium elenense Hoffstetter 1949 edentate right scapula (glenoid cavity and a portion of the body, ROM 2140), body of a thoracic vertebra (juvenile specimen, ROM 2144), right Mt III (ROM 2682), right lunar (ROM 2683), sterner (ROM 2685), left cuboid (ROM 2686), right magnum (ROM 2687), left calacaneum (ROM 2697), left astragalus (ROM 2698), right dental (fragment, ROM 3756), right lunar (partial, ROM 3778), left Mc II (ROM 3779), night navicular (ROM 3783), right Mt III (ROM 3784), diaphysis of right radius (juvenile, ROM 5391), jugal (juvenile, ROM 10401), right zygomatic arch (fragment, ROM 10402), occipital condyle (ROM 10403), right unciform (ROM 10404), fragments of thoracic vertebrae (ROM 10405-10408), sacral vertebra (fragment, ROM 10409), caudal vertebra (ROM 10410), right acetabulum (fragment, ROM 10412), fragment of acetabulum (ROM 10413), diaphysis of left tibia (juvenile, ROM 10414), diaphysis of left humerus (juvenile, ROM 10415), lunula (ROM 10417 - 10420), right mesocuneiform-entocuneiform-complex (ROM 10422), left MEC (ROM 10423), right fibula (distal epiphysis, ROM 12690), diaphysis of right tibia (ROM 28575), left Mc III (ROM 35033), left Mc III (distal epiphysis, ROM 35872), palmar sesamoid (ROM 35873), proximal epiphysis of a radius (juvenile, ROM 35874), caudal vertebrae (ROM 35875 - 35878), sternal rib (ROM 35879), rib fragments (ROM 35882 - 35885, 35862 - 35896), right clavicle (fragment, ROM 35886), left ectocuneiform (ROM 35907), and several fragments of teeth
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
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Holmesina cf. paulacoutoi Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985 edentate dorsal plates (MUSM 155, 163, and 164)
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? Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |