Chicoca, Huallaga River (Eocene of Peru)
Also known as Chiococa
Where: Loreto, Peru (5.2° S, 75.7° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° S, 67.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; gypsum
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. C. Richards in 1920; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: H. E. Anthony. 1924. A new fossil perissodactyl from Peru. American Museum Novitates 111:1-3 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186565: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.06.2017
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Griphodon peruvianus n. gen. n. sp.
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