Cueva Roselló (Pleistocene of Peru)

Also known as Rosello cave

Where: Peru (12.2° S, 75.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° S, 75.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-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: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 212475: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.08.2020

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Puma sp.
Puma sp. Jardine 1834 cougar
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus sp.
Conepatus sp. Gray 1837 hog-nosed skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Lycalopex sp.
Lycalopex sp. Burmeister 1854 South American fox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Onohippidium devillei" = Hippidion devillei
"Onohippidium devillei" = Hippidion devillei Gervais 1855 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Vicugna sp.
Vicugna sp. Lesson 1842 camel
MUSM 1387
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
cf. Hippocamelus sp., cf. Pudu sp.
cf. Hippocamelus sp. Leuckart 1816 huemuls
cf. Pudu sp. Gray 1850 pudus
  - Mylodontidae
Scelidodon sp., cf. Scelidodon sp.
Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
cf. Scelidodon sp. Ameghino 1881 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Diabolotherium sp.
Diabolotherium sp. Pujos et al. 2007 edentate