Poco Poconi ( of Bolivia)

Also known as Pógho-p-oghoni; Salla

Where: La Paz, Bolivia (17.2° S, 67.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.4° S, 61.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Deseadan (29.0 - 21.0 Ma)

• horizons of the “Red Rodent Zone” of Unit 3 (MacFadden et al. 1985; Kay et al. 1998)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1970; reposited in the MNHN (La Paz)

Primary reference: B. J. Shockey. 2017. New Early Diverging Cingulate (Xenarthra: Peltephilidae) from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia and Considerations Regarding the Origin of Crown Xenarthra. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(2):371-396 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 189508: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 24.10.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cingulata - Peltephilidae
Peltephilidae indet. Ameghino 1894 edentate
MNHN-F SAL 655