CTA-51: Middle Eocene, Peru

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lamprothamnium spititatum
6 elements
Serrasalminae indet.
Canaanimys cf. maquiensis Antoine et al. 2011
3 elements
teeth
    = Caviomorpha indet.
Boivin et al. 2017
MUSM 2656-2658
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
"maxilla fragments + postcranials; twice as large as pipid remains"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pipidae
Pipidae indet. Gray 1825
postcrania
Reptilia
Caimaninae indet. Brochu 1999
teeth
Booidea indet. Gray 1825
1 element
vertebra
Reptilia - Testudines
Chelonia indet. (Latreille 1800)
synonym of Testudines
Mammalia
Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758
postcranial fragments
Mammalia - Rodentia
Cachiyacuy aff. kummeli Antoine et al. 2011
2 elements
MUSM 2654
    = Eoespina sp. Frailey and Campbell 2004
Boivin et al. 2017
MUSM 2655
Cachiyacuy cf. contamanensis Antoine et al. 2011
3 elements
MUSM 2651-2653 (morph 1)
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphimorphia indet. Gill 1872
Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia
Polydolopimorphia indet. (Archer 1984)
plagiaulacoid p3
Mammalia
Bonapartherioidea indet. Goin and Candela 2004
Wamradolops sp. Goin and Candela 2004
Actinopteri - Characiformes
Characiformes informal dome-like teeth
Characiformes informal hook-like teeth
Characiformes informal acuminate teeth
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Characidae
? Colossoma sp. Cuvier 1818
several teeth
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Cynodontidae
cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997
2 elements
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Potamotrygonidae
Potamotrygon ucayalensis Adnet et al. 2014
3 elements
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Malacostraca - Decapoda - Trichodactylidae
Trichodactylidae indet. Milne-Edwards 1853
unclassified
Plantae indet. Haeckel 1866
fossil wood, seeds/cuticles
Raskyella pecki
4 elements
subspecies meridionale
see common names

Geography
Country:Peru State/province:Loreto
Coordinates: 7.3° South, 74.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.9° South, 66.2° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2-3
Key time interval:Middle Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 37.71000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pozo Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Contamana; CTA 51
Database number:176140
Authorizer:J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Zijlstra, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-01-29 23:35:22 Last modified:2017-06-30 07:53:02
Access level:the public Released:2016-01-29 23:35:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
57830. P. Antoine, M. A. Abello, S. Adnet, A. J. A. Sierra, P. Baby, G. Billet, M. Boivin, Y. Calderón, A. Candela, J. Chabain, and F. Corfu. 2016. A 60-million-year Cenozoic history of western Amazonian ecosystems in Contamana, eastern Peru. Gondwana Research 31:30-59 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

62609 M. Boivin, L. Marivaux, M. J. Orliac, F. Pujos, R. Salas-Gismondi, J. V. Tejada-Lara, and P.-O. Antoine. 2017. Late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(1):19A:1-50 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]