Choquecota: Colloncuran, Bolivia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Boscaini et al. 2021
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodontidae indet. Burmeister 1879
Plate
Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae
Villarroel 1974
Plate
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae
Teeth
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Chinchillidae indet. Bennett 1833
Jaw
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia State/province:Oruro
Coordinates: 18.1° South, 67.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.5° South, 64.4° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:4100 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Colloncuran
Age range of interval: 15.5 - 13.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Choquecota
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Townsend and Croft 2010: 14.2 ± 0.4 ?Colloncuran Villarroel 1974b; Marshall and Sempere 1991
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
Metadata
Also known as:Totora, Oruro, Bolivia
Database number:68477
Authorizer:D. Croft, P. Mannion Enterer:D. Weinstein, G. Varnham
Modifier:M. Kouvari Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-01-23 17:49:04 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-01-23 17:49:04
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]

Secondary references:

86611 A. Boscaini, N. Toledo, B. Mamani Quispe, R. A. Flores, M. Fernández-Monescillo, L. Marivaux, P.-O. Antoine, P. Münch, T. J. Gaudin and F. Pujos. 2021. Postcranial anatomy of the extinct terrestrial sloth Simomylodon uccasamanensis (Xenarthra, Mylodontidae) from the Pliocene of the Bolivian Altiplano, and its evolutionary implications. Papers in Palaeontology 7(3):1557-1583 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]
69987 B. Townsend and D. A. Croft. 2010. Middle Miocene Mesotheriine diversity at Cerdas, Bolivia and a reconstruction of Plesiotypotherium minus. Palaeontologia Electronica 13(1):1A [P. Mannion/M. Kouvari]
19794 C. Villarroel. 1974. Un Mésothérine nouveau (Notoungulata, Mammalia) dans le Miocéne supérieur de Bolivia. [D. Croft/D. Weinstein]