CTA-45 (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (7.4° S, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° S, 71.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pebas Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• Coastal channel, tidal influence

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Antoine, M. A. Abello, S. Adnet, A. J. A. Sierra, P. Baby, G. Billet, M. Boivin, Y. Calderón, A. Candela, J. Chabain, and F. Corfu. 2016. A 60-million-year Cenozoic history of western Amazonian ecosystems in Contamana, eastern Peru. Gondwana Research 31:30-59 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 176135: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 29.01.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Serrasalminae "pacu-like", Serrasalminae "piranha-like", Spermatophyta indet.
Spermatophyta indet.
"Fossil wood (ligniteous, silicified)"
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Gavialoidea indet.
Gavialoidea indet. Brochu 1997 crocodilian
"several teeth and fragments"
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis sp.
Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830 river turtle
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Dinomyidae indet.
Dinomyidae indet. Peters 1873 caviomorph
"fragmentary tooth"
 Rodentia -
? Octodontoidea indet.
? Octodontoidea indet. Waterhouse 1839 caviomorph
"small incisors"
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Characiformes "hook-like teeth", Characiformes "pad-like teeth", Characiformes "acuminate teeth"
 Characiformes - Anostomidae
Anostomidae indet., Leporinus sp.
Anostomidae indet.
"tricuspid teeth"
Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997
"ca. 15 teeth"
 Characiformes - Cynodontidae
cf. Hydrolycus sp.
cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997
"dominant, ca. 100 teeth"
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae
Potamotrygon sp.
Potamotrygon sp. Garman 1877 stingray
"14 teeth and one buckle"
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
oral tooth
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
"inner cast"