DTC 32: Laventan, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Sparassodonta
- Borhyaenidae
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Borhyaenidae indet.
Savage 1951
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Pericotoxodon cf. platignathus
Madden 1997
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Interatheriidae
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Miocochilius sp.
Stirton 1953
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Mammalia
- Astrapotheria
- Astrapotheriidae
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Uruguaytheriinae indet.
Kraglievich 1928
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Prodolichotis pridiana
Fields 1957
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Tejada-Lara et al. 2015 | |||||||||
MUSM 1584 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Neoepiblemidae
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Neoepiblema sp.
Ameghino 1889
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Tejada-Lara et al. 2015 | |||||||||
MUSM 1607, MUSM 944 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Dinomyidae
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Drytomomys cf. aequatorialis
Anthony 1922
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Tejada-Lara et al. 2015 | |||||||||
MUSM 943, MUSM 946, MUSM 942 | ||||||||||
Potamarchinae indet.
Kraglievich 1926
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Tejada-Lara et al. 2015 | |||||||||
MUSM 945 | ||||||||||
Scleromys cf. schurmanni
Stehlin 1940
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Tejada-Lara et al. 2015 | |||||||||
MUSM 939, MUSM 940, MUSM 941 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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aff. Theosodon sp.
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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Proterotheriidae indet.
Ameghino 1887
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Platanistidae
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aff. Platanista sp.
Wagler 1830
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= Platanistinae indet.
Flower 1867
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Bianucci et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Gryposuchus cf. colombianus
(Langston 1965)
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Salas-Gismondi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MUSM 650, partial jaw | ||||||||||
Balanerodus logimus
Langston 1965
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Salas-Gismondi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MUSM 1261, tooth | ||||||||||
Mourasuchus sp.
Price 1964
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Salas-Gismondi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MUSM 931, left partial premaxilla | ||||||||||
Purussaurus sp.
Barbosa Rodrigues 1892
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Salas-Gismondi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MRU 17, snout | ||||||||||
Paleosuchus sp.
Gray 1862
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Salas-Gismondi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MUSM 929, right partial dentary | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Sebecidae
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Sebecus huilensis
Langston 1965
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Salas-Gismondi et al. 2007 | |||||||||
MUSM 912, tooth | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Peru |
Coordinates: | 10.4° South, 73.0° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 10.9° South, 70.1° West |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
Key time interval: | Laventan | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.7 - 10.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: conglomerates, interpreted as storm deposits channelized in nearshore environment | |
Environment: | lacustrine - large |
Geology comments: Pebas marine-like megalake |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Inuya-Mapuya; Fitzcarrald Arch | ||
Database number: | 107992 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Uhen, J. Carrillo, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-04-21 01:59:51 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 12:08:55 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-04-21 01:59:51 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
35880. | P.-O. Antoine, R. Salas-Gismondi, P. Baby, M. Benammi, S. Brusset, D. Franceschi, N. Espurt, C. Goillot, F. Pujos, J. Tejada, and M. Urbina. 2007. The middle Miocene (Laventan) Fitzcarrald Fauna, Amazonian Peru. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 8:19-24 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
46794 | G. Bianucci, O. Lambert, R. Salas-Gismondi, J. Tejada, F. Pujos, M. Urbina and P.-O. Antoine. 2013. A Miocene relative of the Ganges River dolphin (Odontoceti, Platanistidae) from the Amazonian Basin. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):741-745 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
46725 | R. Salas-Gismondi, P.-O. Antoine, P. Baby, S. Brusset, M. Benammi, N. Espurt, D. Franceschi, F. Pujos, J. Tejada and M. Urbina. 2007. Middle Miocene crocodiles from the Fitzcarrald Arch, Amazonian Peru. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 8:355-360 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
53470 | J. V. Tejada-Lara, R. Salas-Gismondi, F. Pujos, P. Baby, M. Benammi, S. Brusset, D. Franceschi, N. Espurt, M. Urbina and P.O. Antoine. 2015. Life in the proto-Amazonia: middle Miocene mammals from the Fitzcarrald Arch (Peruvian Amazonia). Palaeontology 1-38 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo/M. Uhen] |