Cerro Pan de Azúcar: Deseadan, Peru
collected 2002
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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cf. Coniopternium sp.
Ameghino 1894
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MUSM 669, edentulous dentary and cuboid, western flanks, in sump below conglomerates at base of Upper Moquegua Fm | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| MUSM 1404, dentary dp4-m1, from 20 m below and SE of the summit | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
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Moqueguahippus glycisma n. gen., n. sp.
Shockey et al. 2006
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "Holotype, MUSM 348, left mandible with p1–3 (p4 and m1 missing) and m2–3, discovered by Rossana Quispe and colleagues at Cerro Pan de Azúcar (fig. 1: b on map);" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Mesotheriidae
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cf. Trachytheriinae indet.
(Ameghino 1889)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| "MUSM 965 right and left manus, the right being nearly complete, while the left is missing the trapezoid and trapezium and the metacarpals are fragmentary (fig. 8C); MUSM 966 astragalus." From the summit. | ||||||||||
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Trachytherus sp.
Ameghino 1889
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| "MUSM 350, skull (damaged basicranium) and mandibles (Shockey et al., 2006: fig. 2); MUSM 963, left and right partial manus; and astragali MUSM 961, 962, and 966." From the summit. | ||||||||||
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= Trachytherus ramirezi n. sp.
Shockey et al. 2016
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Shockey et al. 2016 | |||||||||
| MUSM 350 - type; referred specimens: MUSM 961-963, 966 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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cf. Dasypodinae indet.
Gray 1821
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| MUSM 1604, movable-band osteoderm, from about 20 m below and SE of the summit of Cerro Pan de Azúcar | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru | State/province: | Moquegua |
| Coordinates: | 17.2° South, 71.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.8° South, 64.5° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 1663 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 |
| Key time interval: | Deseadan |
| Age range of interval: | 29 - 21 m.y. ago |
| Age estimate: | 26.25 ± 0.10 Ma (Ar/Ar) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Upper Moquegua |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,permineralized |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 2002 |
| Collection method comments: Museo de Historia Natural, Lima | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 176469 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Subset of collection #: | 59940 | ||
| Created: | 2016-02-13 18:23:54 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-02-13 18:23:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 58080. | B. J. Shockey, R. S. Gismondi, P. Gans, A. Jeong, and J. J. Flynn. 2009. Paleontology and geochronology of the Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Moquegua, Peru. American Museum Novitates 3668:1-24 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra] |
Secondary references:
| 62577 | B. J. Shockey, G. Billet, and R. Salas-Gismondi. 2016. A new species of Trachytherus (Notoungulata: Mesotheriidae) from the late Oligocene (Deseadan) of Southern Peru and the middle latitude diversification of early diverging mesotheriids. Zootaxa 4111(5):565-583 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |