Also known as Contamana; CTA 51
Where: Loreto, Peru (7.3° S, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° S, 66.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Pozo Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 176140: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 29.01.2016, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Raskyella | |
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unclassified | |
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Malacostraca | |
Trichodactylidae indet. Milne-Edwards 1853 crab | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Actinopteri | |
Characiformes "dome-like teeth" Regan 1911
Characiformes "hook-like teeth" Regan 1911
Characiformes "acuminate teeth" Regan 1911 | |
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cf. Hydrolycus sp. Lundberg 1997 | |
Reptilia | |
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"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle | |
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Mammalia | |
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Bonapartherioidea indet. Goin and Candela 2004 metatherian
Wamradolops sp. Goin and Candela 2004 metatherian | |
Didelphimorphia indet. Gill 1872 marsupial | |
Amphibia | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
Potamotrygon ucayalensis Adnet et al. 2014 stingray |