Jatun Uchco (Pleistocene of Peru)

Also known as The Big Hole

Where: Peru (10.1° S, 76.2° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° S, 76.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. J. Shockey, R. Salas-Gismondi, P. Baby, J.-L. Guyot, M. C. Baltazar, L. Huamán, A. Clack, M. Stucchi, F. Pujos, J. M. Emerson, and J. J. Flynn. 2009. New Pleistocene Cave Faunas of the Andes of Central Perú: Radiocarbon Ages and the Survival of Low Latitude, Pleistocene DNA. Palaeontologia Electronica 12(3):15A:1-15 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 212474: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Aves
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853 New World vulture
 Neornithes -
Strigiformes indet. Wagler 1830 owl
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Desmodus sp. Wied-Neuwied 1826 vampire bat
Anoura sp. Gray 1838 tailless bat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Lycalopex sp. Burmeister 1854 South American fox
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus sp. Gray 1837 hog-nosed skunk
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
Puma cf. concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Diabolotherium nordenskioldi Pujos et al. 2007 edentate