Charana, La Paz: Early Pleistocene, Bolivia
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Glossotherium sp.
Owen 1840
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Plaxhaplous sp.
Ameghino 1884
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Mammalia
- Panameriungulata
- Macraucheniidae
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Macrauchenia cf. ullomensis
Sefve 1914
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Geography
| Country: | Bolivia | State/province: | La Paz |
| Coordinates: | 17.3° South, 69.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.2° South, 68.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 4054 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Early Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.774 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Charana |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 70652 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Croft | Enterer: | D. Weinstein |
| Modifier: | M. Kouvari | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-04-01 14:11:29 | Last modified: | 2020-11-30 10:50:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-04-01 14:11:29 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |