Where: Peru (4.7° S, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 80.5° W)
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: tar; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve
Primary reference: R. R. H. Lemon and C. S. Churcher. 1961. Pleistocene Geology and Paleontology of the Talara Region, Northwest Peru. American Journal of Science 259:410-429 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 71346: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Richard Hulbert, Matthew Clapham, Evangelos Vlachos, Jonathan Marcot and John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Chelonoidis sp.4 Fitzinger 1835 turtle Carapacial bones: three costals (ROM-42025, 42028 and 42029) and three peripheral bones (ROM-42026, 42030, and 2024).Limb bones: thirty-four osteoderms (ROM-40572- 40599, 40620, 40600-40604 and 42190); one podial bone (ROM-40620). Unidentified bones: six unidentified shell bones (ROM- 42021-42024, 42027 and 42031).
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Milvago brodkorbi n. sp.1, Falco sp.1, Falco sparverius1, Falco peregrinus1, Falco femoralis1, Polyborus plancus1
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Buteo sp.1, Miraquila terrestris n. gen. n. sp.1, Amplibuteo hibbardi n. gen. n. sp.1, Parabuteo unicinctus1, "Buteo polyosoma" = Geranoaetus polyosoma1, Geranoaetus melanoleucus1
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Nannonetta invisitata n. gen. n. sp.1, Cairina moschata1, Dendrocygna autumnalis1, Nomonyx dominicus1, "Chloephaga melanoptera" = Oressochen melanopterus1, Anas amotape n. sp.1, Anas bahamensis1, Anas talarae n. sp.1, Anas sanctaehelenae n. sp.1
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Cathartes aura1, Gymnogyps howardae n. sp.1, Geronogyps reliquus n. gen. n. sp.1, Vultur gryphus1, Coragyps cf. atratus1, Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1
Sarcoramphus fischeri n. sp.1 Campbell 1979 king vulture generic affiliation uncertain as denoted by question mark in original description
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Ardea cocoi1, "Casmerodius albus" = Ardea alba1, Syrigma sanctimartini n. sp.1, Egretta thula1, Egretta caerulea1, Nycticorax nycticorax1
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Theristicus wetmorei n. sp.1, "Ajaia ajaja" = Platalea ajaja1, Eudocimus albus1, Eudocimus peruvianus n. sp.1
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Tringa solitaria1, "Totanus melanoleucas" = Tringa melanoleuca1, "Totanus flavipes" = Tringa flavipes1, Tringa ameghini n. sp.1, "Catoptrophorus semipalmatus" = Tringa semipalmata1, "Lobipes lobatus" = Phalaropus lobatus1, "Steganopus tricolor" = Phalaropus tricolor1, Numenius cf. borealis1, Nuntius solitarius n. gen. n. sp.1, "Actitis macularia" = Actitis macularius1, Arenaria interpres1, "Micropalama himantopus" = Calidris himantopus1, "Erolia melanotos" = Calidris melanotos1, "Erolia minutilla" = Calidris minutilla1, Micropalama chapmani n. sp.1
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Charadrius semipalmatus1, Charadrius collaris1, Charadrius vociferus1, Viator picis n. gen. n. sp.1, Belonopterus edmondi n. sp.1, Pluvialis dominica1, Pluvialis squatarola1
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Mammalia | |
Marmosa sp. Gray 1821 mouse opossum | |
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph | |
Phyllotis sp. Waterhouse 1837 mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
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Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
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Scelidotherium sp. Owen 1839 edentate
Glossotherium sp. Owen 1840 edentate | |
Eremotherium sp. Spillmann 1948 edentate | |
Chlamytherium sp. Lund 1838 edentate | |
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon
"Haplomastodon sp." = Notiomastodon Cabrera 1929 gomphothere | |
Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat | |
Insecta | |
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