Where: Ucayali, Peru (10.5° S, 71.3° W: paleocoordinates 10.8° S, 69.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Madre de Dios Formation, Huayquerian (9.0 - 6.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: mechanical, sieve,
• Repository: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM)
Primary reference: N. J. Czaplewski. 1996. Opossums (Didelphidae) and bats (Noctilionidae and Molossidae) from the late Miocene of the Amazon Basin. Journal of Mammalogy [C. Jaramillo/V. Ramirez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144064: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Valentina Ramirez on 30.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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