CTA-47 (Eocene of Peru)

Also known as Contamana; CTA 47

Where: Peru (7.3° S, 75.0° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° S, 66.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Pozo Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• Fluvial setting, marine influence

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 176136: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 29.01.2016, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Raskyella
  -
Raskyella pecki
subspecies meridionale
 Charales - Characeae
Characeae "Pseudolatochara sp. – Latochara sp." Agardh 1824
"Pseudolatochara sp. – Latochara sp."
Characeae indet. Agardh 1824
Nodosochara
  -
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Characiformes indet. Regan 1911
hook-like teeth
 Characiformes - Anostomidae
cf. Leporinus sp. Lundberg 1997
Amphibia
 Salientia -
Anura indet. frog
postcrania
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata - Sebecidae
cf. Sebecus sp. Stirton 1953 crocodilian
3 complete teeth
Mammalia
 Polydolopimorphia -
Wamradolops sp. Goin and Candela 2004 metatherian
 Rodentia -
Caviomorpha indet. caviomorph
MUSM 2647
? Cachiyacuy kummeli Antoine et al. 2011 caviomorph
MUSM 2648
? Canaanimys sp. Antoine et al. 2011 caviomorph
MUSM 2645 and 2646
 Placentalia -
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata
"Ungulata indet." = Euungulata Waddell et al. 2001 placental
large pelvis
 Theriamorpha -
Pyrotheria indet. Ameghino 1895 placental
small-sized tooth fragment
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Trichodactylidae
Trichodactylidae indet. Milne-Edwards 1853 crab
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod