PBDB Collection

CTA-44 Top (Miocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (7.4° S, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 73.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pebas Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• "earliest Late Miocene"

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

• Coastal channel, 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 176162: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 30.01.2016

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
-	Serrasalminae "pacu-like", Serrasalminae "piranha-like", Cavinae indet. Serrasalminae "pacu-like" Serrasalminae "piranha-like" teeth Cavinae indet. "Same taxon as in CTA-43, (right M1, anterior prism of an M1-2)"
Malacostraca
Decapoda - Trichodactylidae	Trichodactylidae indet. Trichodactylidae indet. Milne-Edwards 1853 crab "claw fragments"
Chondrichthyes
Rhinopristiformes - Pristidae	Pristis sp. Pristis sp. Linck 1790 sawfish "4 teeth, one rostral tooth"
Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae	Dasyatidae indet. Dasyatidae indet. Jordan 1888 whiptail stingray "~40 teeth"
Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae	Potamotrygon cf. motoro, Potamotrygon sp. Potamotrygon cf. motoro stingray "133 teeth + 2 buckles" Potamotrygon sp. Garman 1877 stingray "several teeth"
Osteichthyes
Ceratodontiformes - Lepidosirenidae	? Lepidosiren sp. ? Lepidosiren sp. Fitzinger 1837 Australian lungfish "upper tooth plate"
Reptilia
Testudines -	"Chelonia indet." = Testudines "Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle "shell fragments"
Testudines - Podocnemididae	Podocnemis sp. Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830 river turtle "shell fragments"
Crocodylia - Gavialidae	Gavialidae indet. Gavialidae indet. Adams 1854 crocodilian "several teeth and fragments"
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Caimaninae "durophagous taxon", Purussaurus sp. Caimaninae "durophagous taxon" Brochu 1999 crocodilian "worn tooth" Purussaurus sp. Barbosa Rodrigues 1892 crocodilian teeth
Mammalia
Metatheria -	Sparassodonta indet. Sparassodonta indet. Ameghino 1894 metatherian "small (left p2 or p3)"
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	cf. Scirrotherium sp. cf. Scirrotherium sp. Edmund and Theodor 1997 edentate scute
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Tolypeutinae indet. Tolypeutinae indet. Gray 1865 armadillo scute
Tribosphenida -	"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata "Ungulata indet." = Euungulata Waddell et al. 2001 placental "enamel fragment"
Rodentia - Dasyproctidae	Dasyproctidae indet. Dasyproctidae indet. Gray 1825 caviomorph "protohypsodont right M1-2"
Rodentia - Neoepiblemidae	Neoepiblema sp. Neoepiblema sp. Ameghino 1889 caviomorph left p4
Rodentia - Dinomyidae	Drytomomys sp., Potamarchus sp. Drytomomys sp. Anthony 1922 caviomorph right p4 Potamarchus sp. Burmeister 1885 caviomorph "(2 d4, right and left M1-2, left m1-2), same taxon as in CTA-43 and CTA-75"
Rodentia -	? Octodontoidea indet. ? Octodontoidea indet. Waterhouse 1839 caviomorph "small incisors"
Chiroptera - Molossidae	Molossidae indet. Molossidae indet. Gervais 1856 free-tailed bat "large upper canine"
Notoungulata - Toxodontidae	Toxodontidae indet. Toxodontidae indet. Scott 1873 notoungulate "large, molar fragment"
Actinopteri
Teleostei -	Siluriformes indet. Siluriformes indet. catfish spines
Siluriformes - Pimelodidae	Phractocephalus sp. Phractocephalus sp. Spix and Agassiz 1829 cajaro "cranial roof"
Siluriformes - Loricariidae	Loricariidae indet. Loricariidae indet. Gill 1872 catfish "muffel-like teeth"
Teleostei -	Characiformes "croc-like teeth" Characiformes "croc-like teeth" Regan 1911
Characiformes - Cynodontidae	cf. Hydrolycus sp. cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997 teeth
Characiformes - Anostomidae	Anostomidae "tricuspid teeth", Anostomidae "hexacuspid teeth" Anostomidae "tricuspid teeth" Anostomidae "hexacuspid teeth"