La Paz, La Paz: Early Pliocene, Bolivia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Posnanskytherium desaguaderoi Liendo Lazarte 1943
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae
Mammalia - Cingulata
cf. Plohophorops sp. Rusconi 1934
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia State/province:La Paz
Coordinates: 16.5° South, 68.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:16.3° South, 67.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Pliocene
Stage: Zanclean 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Early Pliocene
Age range of interval: 5.333 - 3.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:La Paz
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:70642
Authorizer:D. Croft Enterer:D. Weinstein
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-04-01 09:16:34 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-01 09:16:34
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
19694. L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. In R. Suárez-Soruco (ed.), Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652 [D. Croft/D. Weinstein/S. Bruning]