Where: Peru (4.7° S, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 80.5° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: tar; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve
Primary reference: R. R. H. Lemon and C. S. Churcher. 1961. Pleistocene Geology and Paleontology of the Talara Region, Northwest Peru. American Journal of Science 259:410-429 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71346: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Richard Hulbert, Matthew Clapham, Evangelos Vlachos, Jonathan Marcot and John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Chlamytherium sp. Lund 1838 edentate | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate | |
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 rodent
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat | |
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
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Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat | |
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon Cabrera 1929 gomphothere | |
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |
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Numenius cf. borealis1, "Actitis macularia" = Actitis macularius1, Micropalama chapmani n. sp.1, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus1, "Erolia minutilla" = Calidris minutilla1, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos1, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor1, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus1, Nuntius solitarius n. gen. n. sp.1, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata1, Tringa solitaria1, Tringa ameghini n. sp.1, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes1, "Totanus melanoleucas" = Tringa melanoleuca1, Arenaria interpres1
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Charadrius vociferus1, Charadrius semipalmatus1, Charadrius collaris1, Belonopterus edmondi n. sp.1, Viator picis n. gen. n. sp.1, Pluvialis squatarola1, Pluvialis dominica1
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Geranoaetus melanoleucus1, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma1, Parabuteo unicinctus1, Buteo sp.1, Miraquila terrestris n. gen. n. sp.1, Amplibuteo hibbardi n. gen. n. sp.1
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Nomonyx dominicus1, "Chloephaga melanoptera" = Oressochen melanopterus1, Dendrocygna autumnalis1, Cairina moschata1, Nannonetta invisitata n. gen. n. sp.1, Anas amotape n. sp.1, Anas bahamensis1, Anas talarae n. sp.1, Anas sanctaehelenae n. sp.1
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Theristicus wetmorei n. sp.1, "Ajaia ajaja" = Platalea ajaja1, Eudocimus peruvianus n. sp.1, Eudocimus albus1
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Syrigma sanctimartini n. sp.1, Ardea cocoi1, "Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba1, Nycticorax nycticorax1, Egretta caerulea1, Egretta thula1
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Coragyps cf. atratus1, Vultur gryphus1, Gymnogyps howardae n. sp.1, Geronogyps reliquus n. gen. n. sp.1, Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1, Cathartes aura1
Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1 Campbell 1979 king vulture generic affiliation uncertain as denoted by question mark in original description
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Polyborus plancus1, Milvago brodkorbi n. sp.1, Falco sp.1, Falco peregrinus1, Falco sparverius1, Falco femoralis1
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Chelonoidis sp.4 Fitzinger 1835 turtle Carapacial bones: three costals (ROM-42025, 42028 and 42029) and three peripheral bones (ROM-42026, 42030, and 2024).Limb bones: thirty-four osteoderms (ROM-40572- 40599, 40620, 40600-40604 and 42190); one podial bone (ROM-40620). Unidentified bones: six unidentified shell bones (ROM- 42021-42024, 42027 and 42031).
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