Cueva Fell (Pleistocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (52.1° S, 70.0° W: paleocoordinates 52.1° S, 70.0° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• C14. C14.

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• multiple layers

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: M. T. Alberdi, A.N. Menegaz, and J.L. Prado. 1987. Formas Terminales de Hippidion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) de los Yacimientos del Pleistoceno Tardio-Holoceno de la Patagonia (Argentina y Chile). Estudios Geologia 43:107-115 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71342: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
"Pseudalopex sp." = Lycalopex Burmeister 1854 South American fox
Lycalopex culpaeus Molina 1782 culpeo
Lycalopex griseus Gray 1837 South American gray fox
Dusicyon avus Burmeister 1866 Falkland Island wolf
"Canis avus"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Lama guanicoe Müller 1776 guanaco
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett 1836 Magellanic tuco-tuco