Charana, La Paz (Pleistocene of Bolivia)

Where: La Paz, Bolivia (17.3° S, 69.3° W: paleocoordinates 17.4° S, 68.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Charana Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. In R. Suárez-Soruco (ed.), Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652 [D. Croft/D. Weinstein/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70652: authorized by Darin Croft, entered by Deborah Weinstein on 01.04.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae
Macrauchenia cf. ullomensis Sefve 1914 placental
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Plaxhaplous sp. Ameghino 1884 glyptodon
  - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate