La Paz, La Paz (Pliocene of Bolivia)

Where: La Paz, Bolivia (16.5° S, 68.2° W: paleocoordinates 16.6° S, 67.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: La Paz Formation, Early/Lower Pliocene (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. In R. Suárez-Soruco (ed.), Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652 [D. Croft/D. Weinstein/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70642: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Deborah Weinstein on 01.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
cf. Promacrauchenia sp.
cf. Promacrauchenia sp. Ameghino 1904 placental
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Posnanskytherium desaguaderoi
Posnanskytherium desaguaderoi Liendo Lazarte 1943 notoungulate
 Cingulata - Panochthidae
"cf. Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus
"cf. Sclerocalyptus sp." = Neosclerocalyptus Paula Couto 1957 edentate
 Cingulata -
cf. Plohophorops sp.
cf. Plohophorops sp. Rusconi 1934 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Macroeuphractus aff. moreni