Talara Tar Seeps (Pleistocene of Peru)
Where: Peru (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
• dated by faunal comparison
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
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
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Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 rodent | |
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat | |
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon Cabrera 1929 gomphothere | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate | |
Chlamytherium sp. Lund 1838 edentate | |
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |
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"Actitis macularia" = Actitis macularius1, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus1, "Erolia minutilla" = Calidris minutilla1, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos1, Micropalama chapmani n. sp.1, Numenius cf. borealis1, Arenaria interpres1, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor1, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus1, Tringa ameghini n. sp.1, "Totanus melanoleucas" = Tringa melanoleuca1, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes1, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata1, Tringa solitaria1, Nuntius solitarius n. gen. n. sp.1
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Charadrius semipalmatus1, Charadrius collaris1, Charadrius vociferus1, Viator picis n. gen. n. sp.1, Belonopterus edmondi n. sp.1, Pluvialis dominica1, Pluvialis squatarola1
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Buteo sp.1, Parabuteo unicinctus1, Geranoaetus melanoleucus1, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma1, Miraquila terrestris n. gen. n. sp.1, Amplibuteo hibbardi n. gen. n. sp.1
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Nomonyx dominicus1, Anas bahamensis1, Anas talarae n. sp.1, Anas amotape n. sp.1, Anas sanctaehelenae n. sp.1, Dendrocygna autumnalis1, "Chloephaga melanoptera" = Oressochen melanopterus1, Nannonetta invisitata n. gen. n. sp.1, Cairina moschata1
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"Ajaia ajaja" = Platalea ajaja1, Eudocimus albus1, Eudocimus peruvianus n. sp.1, Theristicus wetmorei n. sp.1
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Syrigma sanctimartini n. sp.1, Nycticorax nycticorax1, Egretta thula1, Egretta caerulea1, "Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba1, Ardea cocoi1
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Geronogyps reliquus n. gen. n. sp.1, Vultur gryphus1, Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1, Cathartes aura1, Gymnogyps howardae n. sp.1, Coragyps cf. atratus1
Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1 Campbell 1979 king vulture generic affiliation uncertain as denoted by question mark in original description
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Milvago brodkorbi n. sp.1, Falco sp.1, Falco sparverius1, Falco femoralis1, Falco peregrinus1, Polyborus plancus1
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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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