Where: Chuquisaca, Bolivia (20.8° S, 63.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.8° S, 63.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: middle Member (Nuapua Formation), Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrialgray
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 70705: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Deborah Weinstein on 03.04.2007, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Amphibia | |
Ceratophrys cf. ornata South American horned frog | |
Bufo cf. paracnemis toad | |
Leptodactylus cf. ocellatus White-lipped frogs | |
Mammalia | |
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit | |
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha | |
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu | |
Ctenomys sp. de Blainville 1826 caviomorph | |
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara
Galea cf. musteloides Meyen 1832 common yellow-toothed cavy | |
Holochilus brasilienses marsh rat
Calomys sp. Waterhouse 1837 vesper mouse
Graomys sp. Thomas 1916 rodent
Zygodontomys lasiurus cane mice | |
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Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer | |
Dusicyon griseus Falkland Island wolf | |
Euphractus sexcinctus, "Dasypus cf. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus, Propraopus cf. punctatus, "Tolypeutes matacus" = Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus, Chaetophractus cf. vellerosus, Zaedyus pichiy
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo
"Dasypus cf. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 nine-banded armadillo
Propraopus cf. punctatus Lund 1842 armadillo
"Tolypeutes matacus" = Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus Azara 1801 three banded armadillo
Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi | |
Eumops perotis Schinz 1821 western mastiff bat | |
Reptilia | |
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
Boidae indet. Gray 1825 boa | |
"Crotalinae indet." = Crotalidae
"Crotalinae indet." = Crotalidae Oppel 1811 pit viper | |
Tupinambis teguixin Linnaeus 1758 tegu | |
Aves | |
Rhea cf. americana Linnaeus 1758 greater rhea | |
cf. Rhynchotus sp., "Crypturus tataupa" = Crypturellus tataupa
cf. Rhynchotus sp. Spix 1825 tinamou
"Crypturus tataupa" = Crypturellus tataupa Temminck 1815 tataupa tinamou | |
Platalea sp., "Ajaja rosea" = Platalea ajaja
Platalea sp. Linnaeus 1758 spoonbills
"Ajaja rosea" = Platalea ajaja Linnaeus 1758 roseate spoonbill | |
Podiceps minor, "Podiceps cornutus" = Podiceps auritus cornutus
Podiceps minor grebe
"Podiceps cornutus" = Podiceps auritus cornutus Gmelin 1789 horned grebe | |
Rallidae indet. Vigors 1825 rail | |
Coccyzus sp. Viellot 1816 cuckoo | |
Columbidae indet. Illiger 1811 dove | |
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird | |
Dendrocygna sp. Swinson 1837 whistling duck
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758 dabbling duck | |
Nyctibius sp. Vieillot 1816 nightjar | |
Falconidae indet. Vigors 1824 raptor | |
Jacana sp. Brisson 1760 shorebird | |
Reptilia | |
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle |