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