Where: Bolivia (21.5° S, 64.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° S, 64.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Ensenadan mammal zone, Tarija Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• Boule and Thevenin (1920) suggested a Pliocene age for the Tarija Formation. Nevertheless, MacFadden et al. (1983) provided a geochronologic study of the Tarija Formation in the Tarija basin using magnetostratigraphy and radioisotopic dating. They showed that this formation spans a time interval between 1.0 Ma and 0.7 Ma.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; lithified, silty siltstone and lithified, sandy, conglomeratic sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Boule and A. Thevenin. 1920. Mammiféres fossiles de Tarija. [C. Jaramillo/A. Cardenas ]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142016: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Andrés Cárdenas on 04.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Toxodon cf. platensis Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
"Mastodon andium" = Mastotherium hyodon
"Mastodon andium" = Mastotherium hyodon Fischer 1814 gomphothere | |
"Hydrochoerus capybara" = Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
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Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 coypu | |
Ctenomys subassentiens Ameghino 1902 caviomorph | |
Arctotherium wingei Ameghino 1902 bear
Arctotherium tarijense Ameghino 1902 bear | |
Conepatus cf. suffocans Illiger 1811 hog-nosed skunk | |
"Smilodon neogaeus" = Smilodon populator, Felis platensis
"Smilodon neogaeus" = Smilodon populator Lund 1842 saber-toothed cat
Felis platensis Ameghino 1889 cat | |
Protocyon tarijensis Ameghino 1902 canine
Canis proplatensis n. sp. Ameghino 1891 canine | |
Dicotyles cf. major Lund 1841 peccary | |
Palaeolama crequii, Palaeolama weddeli, Lama mesolithica, Lama castelnaudi, Lama intermedia, Hemiauchenia cf. paradoxa
Palaeolama weddeli Gervais 1855 camel
Lama mesolithica Ameghino 1889 camel
Lama castelnaudi Gervais 1855 camel
Lama intermedia Gervais 1855 camel
Hemiauchenia cf. paradoxa Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
Macrauchenia patagonica Owen 1838 placental | |
Equus sp., "Hippidium neogaeum" = Equus caballus, "Equus andium" = Equus (Amerhippus) andium, "Onohippidium devillei" = Hippidion devillei
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Hippidium neogaeum" = Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Equus andium" = Equus (Amerhippus) andium Wagner-Branco 1883 horse
"Onohippidium devillei" = Hippidion devillei Gervais 1855 horse | |
"Tapirus cf. americanus" = Tapirus terrestris terrestris
"Tapirus cf. americanus" = Tapirus terrestris terrestris Linnaeus 1758 Brazilian tapir | |
Glyptodon clavipes Owen 1839 glyptodon | |
"Dasypus cf. sexcinctus" = Euphractus sexcinctus, Dasypus cf. villosus, "Tatusia grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus
"Dasypus cf. sexcinctus" = Euphractus sexcinctus Linnaeus 1758 six banded armadillo
Dasypus cf. villosus Desmarest 1804 armadillo
"Tatusia grandis" = Propraopus sulcatus Lund 1838 armadillo | |
Megatherium americanum Cuvier 1796 edentate | |
Scelidotherium tarijense, Scelidotherium patrium, "Mylodon robustus" = Glossotherium robustum, Lestodon armatus
Scelidotherium tarijense Gervais 1855 edentate
Scelidotherium patrium Ameghino 1888 edentate
"Mylodon robustus" = Glossotherium robustum Owen 1842 edentate
Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855 edentate |