Tiupampa squamates (Paleocene of Bolivia)

Where: Mizque, Bolivia (18.0° S, 65.6° W: paleocoordinates 20.7° S, 52.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tiupampan mammal zone, Santa Lucia Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J.-C. Rage. 1991. Squamate reptiles from the early Paleocene of the Tiupampa area (Santa Lucía Formation), Bolivia. Suárez-Soruco, R. (ed.), Fósiles y facies de Bolivia. Vol. 1. Vertebrados. Revista Técnica de Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos. 503-508 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49076: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 07.04.2005, edited by Richard Butler

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet. lizard
MHNC 2626, five fragments of tooth-bearing bones
 Squamata - Boidae
Boidae "unnamed taxon 1" Gray 1825 boa
MNHC 6628, vertebrae
Boidae "unnamed taxon 2" Gray 1825 boa
MHNC 6629, 6630, vertebrae
 Squamata - Tropidophiidae
Tropidophiidae indet. Cope 1894 dwarf boa
MHNC 2633, 2634, vertebrae
 Squamata - Aniliidae
Aniliidae indet. Fitzinger 1826 pipe snake
MHNC 6621, 6622, 6623, 6624, vertebrae
 Squamata - Madtsoiidae
? Madtsoiidae indet. Hoffstetter 1961 snake
MHNC 6627, vertebra, "Boidae Gray, 1825, or Madtsoiidae Hoffstetter, 1961 (pg. 506)"
 Squamata - Iguanidae
? Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811 squamates
MHNC 2625