Also known as Wila Apacheta
Where: Bolivia (19.0° S, 66.5° W: paleocoordinates 21.8° S, 54.7° W)
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cayara Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Previously incorrectly referred to the Santa Lucía Formation
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•Note: this collection has been previously assigned an Eocene age. However, according to Sempere et al., 1997, the Cayara formation is 58.2 to ~57.8 Ma. This makes this collection of Thanetian age.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. In R. Suárez-Soruco (ed.), Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652 [D. Croft/D. Weinstein/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 176065: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 24.01.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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cf. Camargomendesia indet. Paulo Couto 1978 notoungulate left P4, MNHN BLV 151, identified as a notoungulate close to Camargomendesia
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Crocodyliformes indet. crocodilian "crocodiliens indeterminés". I am interpreting this as a broader taxon than Crocodylia because sebecosuchians may well have been present.
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| Actinopteri | |
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Serrasalmidae indet. Günther 1864 | |
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Siluriformes indet. catfish | |