CTA-75 (Miocene to of Peru)

Where: Peru (7.4° S, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 72.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mayoan mammal zone, top Member (Pebas Formation), Serravallian to Serravallian (13.8 - 7.2 Ma)

• Mayoan-Chasicoan SALMA

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

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 176156: 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"
Serrasalminae "pacu-like"
"several teeth"
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Characiformes "hook-like teeth"
 Characiformes - Cynodontidae
cf. Hydrolycus sp.
cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997
"several teeth"
 Characiformes - Anostomidae
Anostomidae indet., Leporinus sp.
Anostomidae indet.
"tricuspid teeth"
Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997
"several teeth"
 Siluriformes - Loricariidae
Loricariidae indet.
Loricariidae indet. Gill 1872 catfish
"three muffel-like teeth"
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Gavialoidea indet.
Gavialoidea indet. Brochu 1997 crocodilian
"several teeth & fragments"
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Caimaninae indet.
Caimaninae indet. Brochu 1999 crocodilian
"teeth and fragments"
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
"shell fragments"
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Litopterna indet.
Litopterna indet. placental
"fragmentary lower tooth; distal tibia"
 Rodentia - Dinomyidae
Potamarchus sp.
Potamarchus sp. Burmeister 1885 caviomorph
"(left M3), same taxon as in CTA-44"
 Rodentia -
Acarechimys sp.
Acarechimys sp. Patterson 1965 caviomorph
"same taxon as in CTA-43"
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypodidae indet.
Dasypodidae indet. Gray 1821 armadillo
"one minute ?cephalic scute"
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Emballonuridae indet.
Emballonuridae indet. Dobson 1875 sac-winged bat
lower canine
Chondrichthyes
 Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae
Pristis sp.
Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish
"rostral teeth"
 Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae
Potamotrygonidae indet., Potamotrygon cf. motoro
Potamotrygonidae indet. stingray
"oral teeth"
Potamotrygon cf. motoro stingray
"same in CTA-44"
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
"large shells"
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Trichodactylidae
Trichodactylidae indet.
Trichodactylidae indet. Milne-Edwards 1853 crab