IN-DTC-14 (Miocene of Peru)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Preservation: original phosphate

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

Primary reference: J. V. Tejada-Lara, R. Salas-Gismondi, F. Pujos, P. Baby, M. Benammi, S. Brusset, D. Franceschi, N. Espurt, M. Urbina and P.O. Antoine. 2015. Life in the proto-Amazonia: middle Miocene mammals from the Fitzcarrald Arch (Peruvian Amazonia). Palaeontology 1-38 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 163842: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 17.11.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Pericotoxodon cf. platignathus
Pericotoxodon cf. platignathus Madden 1997 notoungulate
MUSM 1489