Las Pozas (Pliocene of Chile)

Also known as Hacienda Chacabuco

Where: Chile (33.3° S, 70.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° S, 69.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Oliver Schneider. 1935. Mamiferos fossiles de Chile. Revista Chileana de Historia Natural 39:297-304 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73842: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.07.2007, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus curvidens" = Equus caballus, "Hippidium nannum" = Hippidion
"Equus curvidens" = Equus caballus Linnaeus 1758 horse
"Hippidium nannum" = Hippidion horse
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere