Guitarrero Cave-Complex 2 (Holocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (9.2° S, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 77.7° W)

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Radioisotopic_date error method comments

•0.010535 0.00029 C14

•0.010475 0.0003 C14

•0.01024 0.00011 C14

•0.00958 0.000135 C14

Environment/lithology: cave

• coarse gray silty sand

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: E. S. Wing. 1980. Faunal remains. Guitarrero Cave: Early Man in the Andes 149-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 71327: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 17.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Oncifelis guigna
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Cavia sp.
Cavia sp. Pallas 1766 guinea pig
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagidium peruanum
Lagidium peruanum Meyen 1833 northern viscacha
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus brasiliensis
Sylvilagus brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758 tapeti
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus rex
Conepatus rex hog-nosed skunk
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Marmosa sp.
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum