Los Hoyos (Pleistocene of Colombia)

Where: Huila, Colombia (3.8° N, 74.3° W: paleocoordinates 3.8° N, 74.3° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lujanian (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• other age:Late Pleistocene

Environment/lithology: eolian; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float)

Primary reference: C. Villarroel, J. Brieva, and A. Cadena. 1989. Descubrimiento de Mamiferos Fosiles de Edad Lujanense (Pleistoceno Tardio) en el "Desierto" de la Tatacoa (Huila, Colombia). Caldasia 16(76):119-125 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 71285: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 10.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• also member of Family Gomphotheriidae
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Pecari tajacu Linnaeus 1758 collared peccary
"Tayassu tajacu"
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail