Tiupampa site 2: Danian, Bolivia
collected 1982-1988, 1998
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Condylarthra
- Hyopsodontidae
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Pucanodus gagnieri n. gen., n. sp.
Muizon and Marshall 1991
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| MHNC 1239 - holotype (right dentary with p3-m3); referred specimen: MHNC 8343 (fragment of right maxilla with M1-3) | ||||||||||
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Simoclaenus sylvaticus n. gen., n. sp.
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
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| MHNC 8332 - holotype (a fairly complete right dentary) | ||||||||||
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Andinodus boliviensis n. gen., n. sp.
Muizon and Marshall 1987
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| YPFB Pal 6120 - holotype (a fragment of right dentary with m2); referred specimen: MHNC 1241 (a fragment of right dentary with talonid of m1 and m2-3) | ||||||||||
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Molinodus suarezi n. gen., n. sp.
Muizon and Marshall 1987
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| YPFB Pal 6112 - holotype (partial left dentary with m1-3); referred specimen: MHNC 8344 (partial right dentary with m1-2) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Bolivia | State/province: | Mizque |
| Coordinates: | 18.0° South, 65.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.7° South, 52.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Altitude: | 2927 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
| Stage: | Danian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Danian | Mammal zone: | Tiupampan |
| Age range of interval: | 66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Santa Lucía | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: said to be 125 m above base of El Molino Formation at Tiupampa and Maastrichtian (Marshall et al. 1983) but actually from "between 110 and 140 m above the base of the Santa Lucia Formation" and definitely Early Paleocene (Muizon and Marshall 1992) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,surface (float),sieve,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1982-1988, 1998 |
| Collection method comments: Centro de Tecnologia Petrolera (CTP) and Museo de Historia Natural de Cochabamba (MNHN) collections
initial collections were made between 1982 and 1988 and were recovered "by surface prospecting, quarrying, and screen washing" (Muizon and Marshall 1992) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:includes material from at least two localities and probably more, but apparently only one major quarry (Locality 1) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138709 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | R. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-25 21:35:27 | Last modified: | 2016-01-06 16:29:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-25 21:35:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 7306. | C. de Muizon and R. L. Cifelli. 2000. The "condylarths" (archaic Ungulata, Mammalia) from the early Palaeocene of Tiupampa (Bolivia): implications on the origin of the South American ungulates. Geodiversitas 22(1):47-150 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Mannion] |