Guitarrero Cave-Complex 4: Holocene, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Chinchillidae
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Lagidium peruanum
Meyen 1833
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Cavia porcellus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus brasiliensis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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possibly Capra | ||||||||||
Bos taurus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Conepatus rex
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis familiaris
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Marmosa sp.
Gray 1821
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Metachirus sp.
Burmeister 1854
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Peru |
Coordinates: | 9.2° South, 77.7° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 9.2° South, 77.7° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 8225 ± 90 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: C14 |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | cave |
Geology comments: complicated stratigraphy |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,coprolite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,sieve |
Collection size: | 204 individuals |
Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 71329 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | K. Sears |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | ||
Created: | 1999-02-17 09:20:22 | Last modified: | 2010-01-26 20:56:03 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-17 09:20:22 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24000. | E. S. Wing. 1980. Faunal remains. Guitarrero Cave: Early Man in the Andes 149-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |