Cerro Mono: Deseadan, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Phorusrhacidae
1 specimen
MUSM 351, ungual phalanx, from near eastern summit of Cerro Mono
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
cf. Coniopternium sp. Ameghino 1894
1 specimen
MUSM 349, distal metapodial, from the eastern summit
Mammalia - Notoungulata
1 specimen
"MUSM 964 associated postcranials, including left astragalus, distal humerus, left proximal radius, unciform, left Mc III, and proximal end of Mc II (?) found by Walter Aguirre atop the east-west ridge between the two major summits of Cerro Mono at S17u13.8359 and W71u2.0209"
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
1 specimen
"MUSM 668, a partial skeleton preserving much of the limbs, including both hands and feet, and both radii. Other elements are less well preserved and include fragments of the humerus, axial skeleton, pelvis, tibia, and fibula." "Eusebio D ́ıaz and Mario Urbina discovered the partial skeleton MUSM 668 within the upper Moquegua Formation, on a ridge a half a kilometer south of the western summit of Cerro Mono"
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:estimated from map
Altitude:1780 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 4-5
Key time interval: Deseadan
Age range of interval: 29 - 21 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Moquegua
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:permineralized
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Museo de Historia Natural, Lima
Metadata
Database number:176470
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra Enterer:J. Zijlstra
Research group:vertebrate
Subset of collection #:59940
Created:2016-02-13 18:26:35 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-02-13 18:26:35
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]