East Yauca: Zanclean, Peru
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Nothrotheriidae
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Thalassocnus yaucensis n. sp.
Muizon et al. 2004
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Peru |
| Coordinates: | 15.7° South, 74.5° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.8° South, 73.6° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Zanclean | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Zanclean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Pisco | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Uquian; slightly younger than the SAO horizon
originally identified as Piacenzian; Zanclean age from Ochoa et al 2021 | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 84485 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-10-25 11:08:55 | Last modified: | 2021-09-10 14:20:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-10-25 11:08:55 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28320. | C. Muizon, H. G. McDonald, R. Salas and M. Urbina. 2004. The youngest species of the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and a reassesment of the relationships of the nothrothere sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):387-397 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 78038 | D. Ochoa, R. Salas-Gismondi, T. J. DeVries, P. Baby, C. Muizon, A. Altamirano, A. Barbosa‐Espitia, D. A. Foster, K. Quispe, J. Cardich, D. Gutiérrez, A. Perez, J. Valqui, M. Urbina, and M. Carré. 2021. Late Neogene evolution of the Peruvian margin and its ecosystems: a synthesis from the Sacaco record. International Journal of Earth Sciences [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |