Quebrada de Cachimayu Locality No. 2: Late Pleistocene, Peru
collected 1977

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
1977 collection
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Mammalia - Cervidae
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
1977 collection
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru
Coordinates: 13.5° South, 72.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:3300 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:San Sebastian
Stratigraphy comments: there is a "minimum radiocarbon date of 43,3000 years B.P." on wood "from this locality"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1977
Collection method comments: 1977 material is in the KUVP collection
Taxonomic list comments:originally described by Ramirez (1958: not seen)
Metadata
Database number:71296
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1999-02-10 22:07:28 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-10 22:07:28
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
23908. D. Frailey and K. E. Campbell. 1980. A Pleistocene record of Bufo spinulosus from Peru. Copeia 1980:935-936 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]