Where: Huancavelica, Peru (13.2° S, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 13.2° S, 74.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

• Complete specimen

Preservation: original phosphate

Collected by Chingas community in 1991

• Scelidodon specimen is reposited at Instituto Nacional de Cultura (Peru). Collected on sediments of Yanacocha lagoon in 1991.

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 145573: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 06.06.2013, edited by Patricio Santamarina

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