Rio Sepa: Laventan, Peru
collected 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Proterotheriidae
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cf. Tetramerorhinus sp.
Ameghino 1894
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Tejada-Lara et al. 2015 | |||||||||
| MUSM 1510 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Megathericulus sp.
Ameghino 1904
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| MUSM 1564 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | Ucayali |
| Coordinates: | 10.8° South, 73.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.1° South, 70.6° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 226 meters | ||
| 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
| Formation: | Ipururo |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified sandy,conglomeratic sandstone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | poorly lithified silty mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Lithology description: channel-shaped conglomerate with sandstone and mudstone clasts and a high concentration of fish and turtle remains. | |||
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: The stratigraphical section encompassing both SEP-007 and the adjacent locality SEP-006 exposes some typical tidal deposits of the Miocene Ipururo Formation | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | July 2007 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | SEP 007 | ||
| Database number: | 144950 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | V. Ramirez, A. Cárdenas, J. Carrillo |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-05-23 01:11:57 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2015-05-23 01:11:57 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 46906. | F. Pujos, R. Salas-Gismondi, G. Baby, P. Baby, C. Goillot, J. Tejada, and P. O. Antoine. 2013. Implication of the presence of Megathericulus (Xenarthra: Tardigrada: Megatheriidae) in the Laventan of Peruvian Amazonia. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(8):1-19 [C. Jaramillo/V. Ramirez/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |