Nuapua 1, Chuquisaca: Middle Pleistocene, Bolivia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodon darwini Owen 1839
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
cf. Nothrotherium sp. Lydekker 1889
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatherium sp. Ameghino 1875
Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon sp. Pohlig 1912
    = Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Mothé and Avilla 2015
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomyidae indet. Lesson 1842
Mammalia - Rodentia - Capromyidae
Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae
Octodontidae indet. Waterhouse 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
MNHN NUA 91
Pseudalopex sp. Burmeister 1856
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
    = Arctotherium sp. Bravard 1857
Alroy 2011
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869
Equus curvidens Owen 1845
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Mammalia - Camelidae
Palaeolama sp. Gervais 1869
Mammalia - Cervidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae
de Broin 1991
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
de Broin 1991
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia State/province:Chuquisaca
Coordinates: 20.8° South, 63.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:616 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Chibanian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.774 - 0.129 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Nuapua Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: 2-3 m of pink to reddish consolidated cinerite
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:70704
Authorizer:D. Croft, P. Holroyd, C. Jaramillo, J. Alroy Enterer:D. Weinstein, J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Carrillo
Modifier:M. Kouvari
Created:2007-04-03 07:03:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2007-04-03 07:03:36
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:

35631 J. Alroy. 2011. Further attempts at halting the inevitable backwards progress of bad taxonomy. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
59688 F. de Broin. 1991. Fossil Turtles from Bolivia. In SUAREZ-SORUCO, R. (Ed.) (eds.), FOSILES Y FACIES DE BOLIVIA ·VOL. 1 VERTEBRADOS, Revista Técnica de YPFB 12(34):509-527 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
66428 D. Mothé and L. Avilla. 2015. Mythbusting evolutionary issues on South American Gomphotheriidae (Mammalia: Proboscidea). Quaternary Science Reviews 110:23-35 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]