Curiti (Pleistocene of Colombia)

Where: Colombia (7.1° N, 73.2° W: paleocoordinates 7.1° N, 73.2° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• between 7000 and 20000 years bp by radiocarbon (not specifically mentioned)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. D. Porta. 1969. Les Vertebres Fossiles de Colombie et les Problemes poses par L'Isolement du Continent Sud-Americain. Palaeovertebrata 2:77-94 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71291: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 10.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Haplomastodon chimborazi" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Haplomastodon chimborazi" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Cryptotis sp.
Cryptotis sp. Pomel 1848 small-eared shrew
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus terrestris
Tapirus terrestris Linnaeus 1758 Brazilian tapir
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Pecari tajacu, Tayassu pecari
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary
Tayassu pecari Link 1795 white-lipped peccary
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Mazama sp.
Mazama sp. Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Hydrochoerus sp.
Hydrochoerus sp. Brisson 1762 capybara