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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Mammalia | |
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat | |
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Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat | |
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon Cabrera 1929 gomphothere | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate
Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate | |
Chlamytherium sp. Lund 1838 edentate | |
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |
Reptilia | |
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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Miraquila terrestris n. gen. n. sp.1, Parabuteo unicinctus1, Amplibuteo hibbardi n. gen. n. sp.1, Buteo sp.1, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma1, Geranoaetus melanoleucus1
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Nuntius solitarius n. gen. n. sp.1, "Actitis macularia" = Actitis macularius1, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor1, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus1, Numenius cf. borealis1, Arenaria interpres1, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus1, "Erolia minutilla" = Calidris minutilla1, Micropalama chapmani n. sp.1, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos1, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata1, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes1, Tringa ameghini n. sp.1, "Totanus melanoleucas" = Tringa melanoleuca1, Tringa solitaria1
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Pluvialis squatarola1, Pluvialis dominica1, Belonopterus edmondi n. sp.1, Viator picis n. gen. n. sp.1, Charadrius semipalmatus1, Charadrius collaris1, Charadrius vociferus1
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Milvago brodkorbi n. sp.1, Falco sp.1, Falco peregrinus1, Falco sparverius1, Falco femoralis1, Polyborus plancus1
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Coragyps cf. atratus1, Geronogyps reliquus n. gen. n. sp.1, Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1, Vultur gryphus1, Gymnogyps howardae n. sp.1, Cathartes aura1
Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1 Campbell 1979 king vulture generic affiliation uncertain as denoted by question mark in original description
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Eudocimus albus1, Eudocimus peruvianus n. sp.1, "Ajaia ajaja" = Platalea ajaja1, Theristicus wetmorei n. sp.1
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Egretta caerulea1, Egretta thula1, "Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba1, Ardea cocoi1, Nycticorax nycticorax1, Syrigma sanctimartini n. sp.1
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"Chloephaga melanoptera" = Oressochen melanopterus1, Nannonetta invisitata n. gen. n. sp.1, Cairina moschata1, Dendrocygna autumnalis1, Anas amotape n. sp.1, Anas bahamensis1, Anas sanctaehelenae n. sp.1, Anas talarae n. sp.1, Nomonyx dominicus1
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