Where: Cajamarca, Peru (8.3° S, 77.4° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° S, 77.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Reposited at Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Mayor de San Marcos (MUSM), Lima, Peru.
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 145508: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 04.06.2013, edited by Patricio Santamarina and Juan Carrillo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Megatheriinae indet. Gill 1872 edentate UNI 667 from “Provincia de Cajamarca, Terciario” & UNI H1 from “Los Paucos, Celendín”
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Notiomastodon sp. Cabrera 1929 gomphothere | |
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar | |
"Onohippidion cf. peruanum" = Hippidion
"Onohippidion cf. peruanum" = Hippidion horse |