Nuapua 2 (Holocene) (Holocene of Bolivia)

Where: Bolivia (20.9° S, 63.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.9° S, 62.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Nuapua Formation, Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• C14

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray tuff

• "une cinerite coherente, de couleur grise"; thickness 1.50 m

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Hoffstetter. 1968. Bull Mus Nat Hist Natur 40:823-836 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 71324: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• frogs, turtles, squamates, and birds also present; apparently reworked Pleistocene large mammals are placed in a separate list
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagostomus maximus
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 plains viscacha
an additional, smaller chinchillid is present
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Galea cf. musteloides, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Galea cf. musteloides Meyen 1832 common yellow-toothed cavy
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Linnaeus 1766 capybara
 Rodentia - Echimyidae
Myocastor coypus
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys sp.
Ctenomys sp. de Blainville 1826 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Necromys cf. lactens, Phyllotis sp., Calomys sp., Holochilus chacarius, Zygodontomys sp.
Necromys cf. lactens Thomas 1918 rodent
Pardinas and Galliari 1996
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 rodent
Pardinas and Galliari 1996
Calomys sp. Waterhouse 1837 vesper mouse
Pardinas and Galliari 1996
Holochilus chacarius Thomas 1906 marsh rat
Pardinas and Galliari 1996: may include H. brasiliensis of Hoffstetter
Zygodontomys sp. Allen 1897 cane mice
compared to Z. lasiurus
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Morenelaphus sp.
Morenelaphus sp. Carette 1922 New World deer
possibly reworked, but preservation is typical of in situ taxa
 Carnivora - Canidae
Dusicyon sp.
Dusicyon sp. Hamilton Smith 1839 Falkland Island wolf
compared D. griseus
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Propraopus sp., "Dasypus cf. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus, Chaetophractus sp., Zaedyus pichiy, "Tolypeutes matacus" = Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus, Euphractus sexcinctus
Propraopus sp. Ameghino 1881 armadillo
possibly reworked, but preservation is not discussed
"Dasypus cf. novemcinctus" = Dasypus (Dasypus) novemcinctus Linnaeus 1758 nine-banded armadillo
Chaetophractus sp. Fitzinger 1871 hairy armadillo
compared to C. vellerosus and C. villosus
Zaedyus pichiy Desmarest 1804 pichi
"Tolypeutes matacus" = Tolypeutes tricinctus matacus Azara 1801 three banded armadillo
Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Eumops perotis
Eumops perotis Schinz 1821 western mastiff bat
a second, smaller bat is also present