PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ceratophrynidae

	Ceratophrys sp. Wied 1824
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae

	Bufo cf. marinus Tihen 1962
	subspecies horribilis
Reptilia - Theropoda - Cathartidae

	Vultur gryphus Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

	Notiomastodon sp. Cabrera 1929

	Haplomastodon sp. Hoffstetter 1950
	or Stegomastodon

	Cuvieronius hyodon (Fischer 1814)
	= Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884	Alroy 2007
Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

	Toxodon cf. platensis Owen 1837
Mammalia - Mylodontidae

	Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855	Ameghino 1902

	Pseudolestodon tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Scelidodon tarijensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880
	MNHN TAR 1260 Type, FMNH P 14243, MNPA 005769, MNPA 32, MNPA 368

	cf. Scelidodon tarijensis Gervais and Ameghino 1880	Miño-Boilini and Carlini 2009
	MNPA 298
Mammalia - Megatheriidae

	Megatherium tarijense Gervais and Ameghino 1880	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Megalonychidae

	Nothropus tarijensis
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

	Pampatherium cf. humboldtii (Lund 1839)
	"Pampatherium cf. humboldti": or typum
Mammalia - Cingulata - Panochthidae

	Hoplophorus echazui
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

	Neothoracophorus cf. elevatus (Nodot 1857)
	= Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839	Zurita et al. 2009

	Chlamydotherium cf. sellowi

	Glyptodon reticulatus Owen 1845	Ameghino 1902

	Panochthus sp. Burmeister 1866	Zamorano and Oliva 2020
	MNPA-V 006598, originally attributed Panochthus cf. P. tuberculatus by Hoffstetter (1964)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

	Propraopus cf. sulcatus (Lund 1838)
	or grandis

	Dasypus tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Euphractus sexcinctus (Linnaeus 1758)

	Chaetophractus villosus Desmarest 1804
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Phyllotis cf. darwini

	Calomys cf. lancha

	Nectomys cf. squamipes (Brants 1827)

	Kunsia fronto Winge 1887

	Oxymycterus cf. paranensis

	Andinomys cf. edea
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

	Coendou sp. Lacépède 1799

	Coendou magnus Lund 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Myocastoridae

	Matyoscor perditus n. gen., n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

	Euryzygomatomys hoffstetteri
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

	Ctenomys subquadratus n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Ctenomys brachyrhinus n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Ctenomys subassentiens n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

	Hydrochoerus aff. capybara (Pallas 1766)	Ameghino 1902

	Hydrochoerus tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Neochoerus tarijensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Chrysocyon brachyurus (Illiger 1815)

	Palaeocyon tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Canis proplatensis Ameghino 1891	Ameghino 1902

	Canis dirus Leidy 1858

	Pseudalopex gymnocercus (Fischer 1814)

	Protocyon troglodytes (Lund 1938)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

	Nasua sp. Storr 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

	Conepatus suffocans (Illiger 1811)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

	Arctotherium tarijense n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Arctotherium wingei n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

	Panthera onca (Linnaeus 1758)

	Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771

	Felis yaguaroundi

	Felis platensis Ameghino 1889	Ameghino 1902

	Machaerodus ensenadensis (Ameghino 1888)	Ameghino 1902

	Smilodon populator Lund 1842
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Lama cf. oweni

	Lama provicugna

	Lama glama (Linnaeus 1758)

	Palaeolama castelnaudi (Gervais 1854)	Ameghino 1902

	Palaeolama weddelli (Gervais 1855)	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Tayassuidae

	Platygonus tarijensis
Mammalia - Cervidae

	Charitoceros tarijensis

	Cervus tuberculatus Gervais and Ameghino 1880	Ameghino 1902

	Cervus percultus n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902

	Hippocamelus (Furcifer) incognitus n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

	Tapirus tarijensis n. sp. Ameghino 1902	Ameghino 1902
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Hippidion bonaerensis
	originally entered as "Hippidion bonaerense"

	Onohippidium devillei Gervais 1855

	Hippidion principale Lund 1846

	Equus insulatus Ameghino 1904
Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

	Macrauchenia patachonica Owen 1838
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

	Lutreolina crassicaudata (Desmarest 1804)
see common names

Geography

Country:	Bolivia	State/province:	Tarija
Coordinates:	21.5° South, 64.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	21.6° South, 64.2° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark
Altitude:	1870 meters
Geographic resolution:	local area

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:

Tarija

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	silty,sandy not reported
Environment:	fluvial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	Valle de Tarija Valle de Tarija
Database number:	70673
Authorizer:	D. Croft, C. Jaramillo, P. Mannion, B. Allen, J. Alroy	Enterer:	D. Weinstein, J. Carrillo, G. Varnham, J. Alroy, B. Allen
Modifier:	B. Allen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2007-04-02 07:46:16	Last modified:	2023-08-02 04:26:54
Access level:	the public	Released:	2007-04-02 07:46:16
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]

Secondary references:

19636		J. Alroy. 2007. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil vertebrates and so forth. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
85519		F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261 [B. Allen/B. Allen]
73492		A. R. Miño-Boilini and A. A. Carlini. 2009. The Scelidotheriinae Ameghino, 1904 (Phyllophaga, Xenarthra) from the Ensenadan–Lujanian Stage/Ages (Early Pleistocene to Early-Middle Pleistocene–Early Holocene) of Argentina. Quarternary International 210:93-101 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
73596		M. Zamorano and C. Oliva. 2020. Restos de †Panochthus Burmeister (Xenarthra; Cingulata; Glyptodontidae) registrados en áreas de altura: descripción y comentarios. Revista del Museo de La Plata 5(2):411-422 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham]
66268		A. E. Zurita, A. R. Miño-Boilini, E. Soibelzon, A. A. Carlini, and F. Paredes Ríos. 2009. The diversity of Glyptodontidae (Xenarthra, Cingulata) in the Tarija valley (Bolivia): systematic, biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic aspects of a particular assemblage. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 251(2):225-237 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]