PBDB Collection

CTA-63 (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (7.4° S, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 8.3° S, 70.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: base Member (Pebas Formation), Colhuehuapian (21.0 - 17.5 Ma)

• Early Miocene

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

• Lacustrine setting, marine 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 176149: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 29.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Serrasalminae "piranha-like", Serrasalminae "pacu-like", Spermatophyta indet. Serrasalminae "piranha-like" "~20 teeth" Serrasalminae "pacu-like" "numerous teeth" Spermatophyta indet. "silicified wood"
Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae	Pachychilidae indet. Pachychilidae indet. Troschel 1857 snail
Sorbeoconcha - Cochliopidae	Cochliopidae indet., Dyris cf. lintea, Dyris sp. Cochliopidae indet. Tryon 1866 snail "pyritized moulds" Dyris cf. lintea snail "pyritized mould" Dyris sp. Conrad 1871 snail
Chondrichthyes
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatidae indet. Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray teeth
Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae	Potamotrygon sp. Potamotrygon sp. Garman 1877 stingray teeth
Reptilia
Testudines - Chelidae	? Chelidae indet. ? Chelidae indet. Gray 1825 sideneck turtle plate
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Podocnemis sp. Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830 river turtle "fragmentary carapace"
Loricata - Sebecidae	cf. Langstonia sp. cf. Langstonia sp. Paolillo and Linares 2007 crocodilian "complete tooth"
Crocodylia -	Gavialoidea indet. Gavialoidea indet. Brochu 1997 crocodilian "several teeth and fragments"
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Caiman sp., Purussaurus sp. Caiman sp. Spix 1825 caiman "occipital fragment" Purussaurus sp. Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 crocodilian "tooth fragments"
Squamata -	Squamata indet. Squamata indet. squamates "small-sized (1 vertebra)"
Squamata - Teiidae	? Teiidae indet. ? Teiidae indet. Gray 1827 squamates "?Teiidae/Tupinambidae indet. (1 tooth)"
Mammalia
Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae	? Caenolestidae indet. ? Caenolestidae indet. Trouessart 1898 marsupial "fragmentary m1"
Marsupialia -	Didelphimorphia "indet. 4", Didelphimorphia "indet. 5" Didelphimorphia "indet. 4" Gill 1872 marsupial "small (one upper and one lower molar)" Didelphimorphia "indet. 5" Gill 1872 marsupial "M2 or M3"
Cingulata - Glyptodontidae	Parapropalaehoplophorus sp. Parapropalaehoplophorus sp. Croft et al. 2007 glyptodon scute
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	Pampatheriidae indet. Pampatheriidae indet. Paula Couto 1954 edentate scute
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypodini indet. Dasypodini indet. Bonaparte 1850 armadillo "fragmentary scute"
- Mylodontidae	cf. Pseudoprepotherium sp. cf. Pseudoprepotherium sp. Hoffstetter 1961 edentate "upper tooth"
Rodentia -	Caviomorpha indet. Caviomorpha indet. caviomorph "?Cavioidea/Chinchilloidea indet. (molar fragment)"
Rodentia - Dinomyidae	"Scleromys" sp. "Scleromys" sp. Ameghino 1887 caviomorph right p4
Rodentia -	Octodontoidea indet., Protadelphomys sp. Octodontoidea indet. Waterhouse 1839 caviomorph "left tetralophodont molar + left dp4" Protadelphomys sp. Ameghino 1902 caviomorph left P4
Chiroptera - Emballonuridae	Emballonuridae indet. Emballonuridae indet. Dobson 1875 sac-winged bat "large upper molar"
Sirenia - Trichechidae	Trichechinae indet. Trichechinae indet. Gray 1825 manatee "lower molar"
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Toxodontidae indet. Toxodontidae indet. Scott 1873 notoungulate "several hypselodont molar fragments"
Notoungulata - Leontiniidae	? Leontiniidae indet. ? Leontiniidae indet. Ameghino 1894 notoungulate "one protohypsodont molar fragment"
Actinopteri
Teleostei -	Siluriformes indet., Characiformes "hook-like teeth", Characiformes "pad-like teeth", Characiformes "acuminate teeth" Siluriformes indet. catfish "fragmentary spines" Characiformes "hook-like teeth" Regan 1911 Characiformes "pad-like teeth" Regan 1911 Characiformes "acuminate teeth" Regan 1911
Characiformes - Cynodontidae	cf. Hydrolycus sp. cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997 "several teeth"
Characiformes - Anostomidae	Anostomidae indet., Leporinus sp. Anostomidae indet. "tricuspid teeth, co-dominant" Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997 "co-dominant"