Guamote (Pleistocene of Ecuador)

Where: Chimborazo, Ecuador (1.9° S, 78.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 78.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. J. Prevosti. 2023. Sistemática de los grandes cánidos (Mammalia, Carnivora, Canidae) fósiles de América del Sur. Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina 23(1):78-192 [B. Allen/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231073: authorized by Bethany Allen, entered by Bethany Allen on 02.08.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Carnivora - Canidae
Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 canine
MNHN EQN 20