IN 007: Laventan, Peru
collected 2005- 2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Boreostemma sp. Carlini et al. 2008
MUSM 1608
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Ucayali
Coordinates: 10.6° South, 73.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.9° South, 70.7° 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
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:2005- 2007
Collection method comments: MUSM
Metadata
Database number:163840
Authorizer:C. Jaramillo Enterer:J. Carrillo
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-11-17 10:04:38 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-11-17 10:04:38
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]