Monte Verde (Pleistocene of Chile)

Where: Chile (41.1° S, 72.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.1° S, 72.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• 11,6 - 13,8 ka

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; muddy peat

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Pino, M. Hoffmeister, X. N. Harris and R. Labarca. 2013. The late Pleistocene Pilauco site, Osorno, south-central Chile. Quatenary International 229:3-12 [M. Uhen/A. Henshaw/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190059: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Alexandra Henshaw on 27.11.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Stegomastodon platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis
"Stegomastodon platensis" = Notiomastodon platensis Ameghino 1888 gomphothere
A01925, 03100, 03106, 03125 and 03126