Where: Bolivia (21.5° S, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 64.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ensenadan mammal zone, Tarija Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Boule and Thevenin (1920) suggested a Pliocene age for the Tarija Formation. Nevertheless, MacFadden et al. (1983) provided a geochronologic study of the Tarija Formation in the Tarija basin using magnetostratigraphy and radioisotopic dating. They showed that this formation spans a time interval between 1.0 Ma and 0.7 Ma.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; lithified, silty siltstone and lithified, sandy, conglomeratic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Boule and A. Thevenin. 1920. Mammiféres fossiles de Tarija. [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142016: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 04.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Toxodon cf. platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
"Mastodon andium" = Mastotherium hyodon
"Mastodon andium" = Mastotherium hyodon Fischer 1814 gomphothere | |
Scelidotherium patrium, Scelidotherium tarijense, Lestodon armatus, "Mylodon robustus" = Glossotherium robustum
Scelidotherium patrium Ameghino 1888 edentate
Scelidotherium tarijense Gervais 1855 edentate
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate
"Mylodon robustus" = Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842 edentate | |
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Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate | |
"Tatusia grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus, Dasypus cf. villosus, "Dasypus cf. sexcinctus" = Euphractus sexcinctus
"Tatusia grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo
Dasypus cf. villosus Desmarest 1804 armadillo
"Dasypus cf. sexcinctus" = Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo | |
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Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon | |
"Smilodon neogaeus" = Smilodon populator, Felis platensis
"Smilodon neogaeus" = Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
Felis platensis Ameghino 1889 cat | |
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Arctotherium tarijense Ameghino 1902 bear
Arctotherium wingei Ameghino 1902 bear | |
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Conepatus cf. suffocans Illiger 1811 hog-nosed skunk | |
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Canis proplatensis n. sp. Ameghino 1891 canine
Protocyon tarijensis Ameghino 1902 canine | |
Palaeolama weddeli, Palaeolama crequii, Lama castelnaudi, Lama mesolithica, Lama intermedia, Hemiauchenia cf. paradoxa
Palaeolama weddeli Gervais 1855 camel
Lama castelnaudi Gervais 1855 camel
Lama mesolithica Ameghino 1889 camel
Lama intermedia Gervais 1855 camel
Hemiauchenia cf. paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
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Dicotyles cf. major Lund 1841 peccary | |
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Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental | |
"Tapirus cf. americanus" = Tapirus terrestris terrestris
"Tapirus cf. americanus" = Tapirus terrestris terrestris Linnaeus 1758 Brazilian tapir | |
Equus sp., "Equus andium" = Equus (Amerhippus) andium, "Hippidium neogaeum" = Equus caballus, "Onohippidium devillei" = Hippidion devillei
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus andium" = Equus (Amerhippus) andium Wagner-Branco 1883 horse
"Hippidium neogaeum" = Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Onohippidium devillei" = Hippidion devillei Gervais 1855 horse | |
"Hydrochoerus capybara" = Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
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Ctenomys subassentiens Ameghino 1902 caviomorph | |
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Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu | |