Where: Peru (4.7° S, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 80.5° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: tar; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve
Primary reference: R. R. H. Lemon and C. S. Churcher. 1961. Pleistocene Geology and Paleontology of the Talara Region, Northwest Peru. American Journal of Science 259:410-429 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71346: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Richard Hulbert, Matthew Clapham, Evangelos Vlachos, Jonathan Marcot and John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chelonoidis sp.4 Fitzinger 1835 turtle Carapacial bones: three costals (ROM-42025, 42028 and 42029) and three peripheral bones (ROM-42026, 42030, and 2024).Limb bones: thirty-four osteoderms (ROM-40572- 40599, 40620, 40600-40604 and 42190); one podial bone (ROM-40620). Unidentified bones: six unidentified shell bones (ROM- 42021-42024, 42027 and 42031).
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"Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor1, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus1, "Totanus melanoleucas" = Tringa melanoleuca1, Tringa ameghini n. sp.1, Tringa solitaria1, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes1, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata1, Arenaria interpres1, "Actitis macularia" = Actitis macularius1, Nuntius solitarius n. gen. n. sp.1, "Erolia minutilla" = Calidris minutilla1, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus1, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos1, Micropalama chapmani n. sp.1, Numenius cf. borealis1
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Charadrius semipalmatus1, Charadrius collaris1, Charadrius vociferus1, Pluvialis dominica1, Pluvialis squatarola1, Viator picis n. gen. n. sp.1, Belonopterus edmondi n. sp.1
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Eudocimus albus1, Eudocimus peruvianus n. sp.1, "Ajaia ajaja" = Platalea ajaja1, Theristicus wetmorei n. sp.1
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Egretta thula1, Egretta caerulea1, Syrigma sanctimartini n. sp.1, Nycticorax nycticorax1, "Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba1, Ardea cocoi1
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Gymnogyps howardae n. sp.1, Coragyps cf. atratus1, Vultur gryphus1, Cathartes aura1, Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1, Geronogyps reliquus n. gen. n. sp.1
Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1 Campbell 1979 king vulture generic affiliation uncertain as denoted by question mark in original description
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Nannonetta invisitata n. gen. n. sp.1, Dendrocygna autumnalis1, Nomonyx dominicus1, "Chloephaga melanoptera" = Oressochen melanopterus1, Anas bahamensis1, Anas sanctaehelenae n. sp.1, Anas talarae n. sp.1, Anas amotape n. sp.1, Cairina moschata1
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Buteo sp.1, Amplibuteo hibbardi n. gen. n. sp.1, Miraquila terrestris n. gen. n. sp.1, Parabuteo unicinctus1, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma1, Geranoaetus melanoleucus1
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Polyborus plancus1, Falco sp.1, Falco peregrinus1, Falco sparverius1, Falco femoralis1, Milvago brodkorbi n. sp.1
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Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon Cabrera 1929 gomphothere | |
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
Chlamytherium sp. Lund 1838 edentate | |
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat | |
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Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat | |
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