Guitarrero Cave-Complex 4 (Holocene of Peru)

Where: Peru (9.2° S, 77.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.2° S, 77.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• C14

Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported

• complicated stratigraphy

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: E. S. Wing. 1980. Faunal remains. Guitarrero Cave: Early Man in the Andes 149-172 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 71329: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 17.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Chinchillidae
Lagidium peruanum Meyen 1833 northern viscacha
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Cavia porcellus Linnaeus 1758 guinea pig
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus brasiliensis Linnaeus 1758 tapeti
 Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Ovis sp. Linnaeus 1758 sheep
possibly Capra
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus rex hog-nosed skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum
Metachirus sp. Burmeister 1854 brown four-eyed opposum