Tiupampa site 1, the “quarry”: Danian, Bolivia
collected 1982-1988, 1998

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
cf. Rhineaster sp.
de Muizon et al. 1983
Dipnomorpha - Lepidosirenidae
Lepidosiren cf. paradoxa Fitzinger 1837
de Muizon et al. 1983
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Gymnophiona indet. Rafinesque 1814
Rage 1986 1 specimen
YPFB Pal 6103
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylidae indet. Stirton 1953
de Muizon et al. 1983
    = Estesius boliviensis n. gen., n. sp. Báez 1991
Báez 1991
replaced by Estesiella boliviensis
MHNC 4501 - holotype (incomplete skull, with partial mandible, atlas centrum, partial pectoral girdle and right forelimb); referred material: MHNC 4502-4505 (4 incomplete posterior portions of skull), MHNC 4509-4510 (2 maxillary fragments), MHNC 4506-4507 (2 sphenethmoids) and MHNC 4508 (left scapula)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Calyptocephalellidae
Calyptocephalellidae indet. Reig 1960
Agnolin 2012
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Hyopsodontidae
Pucanodus gagnieri Muizon and Marshall 1991
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
MHNC 1230, fragment of right dentary with c, p2-m1; MHNC 1235, fragment of right dentary with p4-m1; MHNC 1242, fragment of left maxilla with P3-4 (referred to cf. Mimatuta by Muizon & Marshall 1991); MHNC 1265, left M2; MHNC 1267, right M2; MHNC 1268, right M1; MHNC 1269, left M2; MHNC 1271, right M3; MHNC 1272, right M3; MHNC 8271, fragment of maxilla with M1-2; MHNC 8338, left P3; MHNC 8340, right M1
Tiuclaenus minutus n. gen., n. sp. Muizon and Marshall 1987
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
YPFB Pal 6115 - holotype (a left dentary with alveoli of i1 and i3, i2, c, alveolus of p1 and p2-m3); hypodigm: YPFB Pal 6119, maxilla fragment with M3; MHNC 1240, right maxilla fragment with M1-3 [referred by Muizon & Marshall (1991) to Pucanodus gagnieri]; MHNC 1253, dentary fragment with p3-p4, MHNC 1250 a left m2; MHNC 1252, left m3; MHNC 1258, right M1; MHNC 8334, left m2 lacking anterior part of paraand protoconids; MHNC 8335, left m3, MHNC 8346, left M1 lacking the enamel of para- and metacones
Kollpania tiupampina n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
synonym of Tiuclaenus minutus
YPFB Pal 6135 - holotype (upper left M4?)
Tiuclaenus cotasi n. sp. de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
MHNC 1231 - type (a left mandible fragment with p3-m3); hypodigm: MHNC 1232, left dentary fragment with m3; MHNC 1235, partial right dentary with p4-m1; MHNC 1251, right m3; MHNC 1253, right dentary fragment with p3-4; MHNC 1254, right dentary fragment with m3; MHNC 1255, right m1; MHNC 1256, left m2; MHNC 1257, right M3; MHNC 1259, right m1; MHNC 1262, left m3; MHNC 1263, left m1; MHNC 1267, right M1, incomplete; MNHC, 1270, right M2 lacking the protocone; MHNC 1271, right M3; MHNC 1272, right M3; MHNC 8272, mandible fragment with m2; MHNC 8273, left dentary with p4-m3; MHNC 8336, left m1; MHNC 8341, right maxilla with P2-M2; MHNC 8342, left M2; MHNC 8347, left P4
Tiuclaenus robustus n. sp. de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
MHNC 1233 - type (left dentary fragment with m2-3); hypodigm: MHNC 1234, right dentary fragment with m1-2; MHNC 1246, right lower p3; MHNC 1264, right M2; MHNC 1266, right maxilla fragment with P3-4; MHNC 8331, left M3 (lacking the labial edge of the para- and metacones)
Simoclaenus sylvaticus de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
MHNC 8348, a right maxilla with M1 lacking the parastylar region and part of the paracone and M2-3 complete
Molinodus suarezi Muizon and Marshall 1987
de Muizon and Cifelli 2000
YPFB Pal 6113, partial right dentary with m1-2 and m3 erupting; YPFB Pal 6114, partial right dentary with m2-3; YPFB Pal 6117, left M1, YPFB Pal 6118, right M2 with apices of proto-, para-, and metacone broken; MHNC 1238, right m1; MHNC 1243, partial right dentary with root of c, alveolus of p1, and p2; MHNC 1244, left p4; MHNC 1245 right p4; MHNC 1247, partial right maxilla with P3-M2; MHNC 1248, left M3; MHNC 1261, broken right m1; MNHNC 8269, partial left dentary with m1-3; MHNC 8274, right mandible fragment with dp4, m1; MHNC 8280, a partial maxilla with dP4, M1-2; MHNC 8329, worn right M1; MHNC 8330, left M1 with broken protocone
Mammalia - Notoungulata
Notoungulata indet. Roth 1903
Marshall and de Muizon 1988 1 specimen
Broken upper molar.
    = cf. Henricosborniidae indet. Roth 1903
Muizon et al. 2015
Henricosborniidae or Oldfieldthomasiidae, gen. et sp. indet.
Mammalia - Proteutheria
Proteutheria indet. Romer 1966
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
MNHN Vil 121 (left P4)
Mammalia - Cimolestidae
cf. Cimolestes sp. Marsh 1889
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6131 (left M2?)
Mammalia - Alcidedorbignyidae
Alcidedorbignya inopinata n. gen., n. sp. de Muizon and Marshall 1992
de Muizon and Marshall 1992
YPFB Pal 6121 - holotype (a left maxillary with P4-M3); numerous hypodigm material including MHNC 8372, an almost complete skeleton, which is missing only the left upper incisors, the two i1s, a few phalanges and some carpal and tarsal bones and a few caudal vertebrae; MHNC 8373, a partial skull with complete braincase and mandibles of a very young individual, possibly a near-term foetus or a new-born individual (some postcranial elements are preserved); MHNC 8399, a partial skull with the braincase and basicranium perfectly preserved; the rostrum has been partly weathered and part of the left maxilla and the dorsal bones of the rostrum are missing; the right maxilla and premaxilla and the dentaries are almost complete; the specimen also includes half of the atlas; MHNC 8416, a partial skull (with crushed basicranium but the two petrosals well-preserved) and mandibles of a juvenile individual, with a partial right limb, and some ribs; MHNC 8423 a partial skull and mandibles of a juvenile missing part of the occipital region and bearing right dC, erupting P1s, DP2s-DP4s, erupting M1s; di2s, right di3, dcs, p1s in crypt, dp2s-dp4s, and erupting m1s; MHNC 8400, a left maxilla (with C-M3) with jugal and lacrimal; MHNC 8401 a right maxilla with roots of C-P2 and P3-M3; MHNC 8402, associated left maxilla and dentary, with P1-M3 and p3-m3; MHNC 8403, associated right maxilla and dentary, with C-M3 and right i2-trigonid of m3 and left i1-C; MHNC 8404, left maxilla with P3-M3; MHNC 8405, left maxilla with root of canine and P1-M3; MHNC 8406 left maxilla with root of P2 and P3-M3; MHNC 8407, left maxilla with roots of P4, partial M1 and M2-M3; MHNC 8408, maxilla with P4-M1 and partial M2; MHNC 8409, right dentary with c-m3, MHNC 8410, fragment of left dentary with trigonid of m2 and m3; MHNC 8411, fragment of right dentary with m2-m3; MHNC 8412, fragment of right dentary with m2-m3; MHNC 8413, fragment of left dentary with talonid of m2 and m3; MHNC 8414, left dentary with roots of p3-m1 and weathered m2-m3; MHNC 8415, m3; MHNC 8359; right periotic; MHNC 8360, left periotic; MHNC 8361, right periotic; MHNC 8362, left periotic; MHNC 8419, right periotic; MHNC 8420, right periotic; MHNC 8421, left periotic; MHNC 8422, right periotic (pars cochlearis); MHNC 8423, a sub-complete skull and mandibles of a juvenile, missing most of the occipital and the premaxillae.
Mammalia - Jaskhadelphyidae
Jaskhadelphys minutus n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6195 - holotype (right maxilla)
Mammalia
Szalinia gracilis n. gen., n. sp. de Muizon and Cifelli 2001
de Muizon and Cifelli 2001
Incadelphys antiquus n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6251 - holotype (left maxilla)
Mammalia - Pucadelphyidae
Mizquedelphys pilpinensis n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Muizon et al. 2015 1 specimen
YPFB Pal 6196 - left maxilla (holotype)
Andinodelphys cochabambensis n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6192 - holotype (upper right M4?); six articulated and intertmingled skeletons
Pucadelphys andinus n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6105 - holotype (complete skull); 35 individuals have been collected, with 22 of these represented by nearly complete skulls and associated postcrania (Ladeveze et al. 2011), including MHNC 8266 (skull)
Mammalia - Mayulestidae
Allqokirus australis n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6104 - holotype (right maxilla)
Mayulestes ferox n. gen., n. sp. de Muizon 1994
de Muizon 1994
MHNC 1249 - holotype (partial skeleton including skull, mandible, 21 vertebrae and most limb bones)
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphoidea indet. Gray 1821
"Indeterminate species A" and "Indeterminate species B"
Tiulordia floresi n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6191 - holotype (partial right mandible)
Mammalia
Peradectes austrinum (Sige 1971)
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6132 (left M3 or M4)
Mammalia - Microbiotheria - Microbiotheriidae
Khasia cordillerensis n. gen., n. sp. Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
YPFB Pal 6133 - holotype (right M3 or M4)
Mammalia
Roberthoffstetteria nationalgeographica n. gen., n. sp. Marshall et al. 1983
Reptilia - Testudines
? Roxochelys cf. vilavilensis de Broin 1971
de Muizon et al. 1983
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis ? brasiliensis Staesche 1937
de Muizon et al. 1983
Reptilia
Kataria anisodonta n. gen., n. sp. Scanferla et al. 2013
Scanferla et al. 2013 1 specimen
MHNC 13323 - holotype (an articulated incomplete skull consisting of a left vomer, incomplete left septomaxilla, left maxilla, left ectopterygoid, left palatine, the anterior tip of the left pterygoid, left postorbital, both frontals, parietal, and parasphenoid rostrum)
Reptilia - Boidae
Boidae informal sp. 1 Gray 1825
de Muizon et al. 1983
Boidae informal sp. 2 Gray 1825
de Muizon et al. 1983
Boidae informal sp. 3 Gray 1825
de Muizon et al. 1983
Reptilia
Coniophis sp. Marsh 1892
de Muizon et al. 1983
nomen dubium belonging to Serpentes
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Iguanidae indet. Oppel 1811
de Muizon et al. 1983
Reptilia
Sebecosuchia indet. Colbert 1946
de Muizon et al. 1983
Reptilia - Dyrosauridae
Sokotosuchus aff. ianwilsoni Halstead 1975
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
    = Dyrosauridae indet. Stefano 1903
Hastings et al. 2010
MHNC.8127, MHNC.14068– MHNC.14074, MHNC.14965
Reptilia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
de Muizon et al. 1983
    = Rodeosuchus machukiru Jouve et al. 2021
Jouve et al. 2021
MHNC.6070 and MHNC.8126
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
de Muizon et al. 1983
    = Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Marshall and de Muizon 1988
Actinopteri - Osteoglossiformes - Osteoglossidae
cf. Phareodus sp. Leidy 1873
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Hiodontiformes - Hiodontidae
cf. Eohiodon sp. Cavender 1966
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Aulopiformes - Enchodontidae
Enchodus oliveirai Maury 1930
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Percichthyidae
cf. Percichthys sp. Girard 1854
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Gasteroclupeidae
Gasteroclupea branisai Signeux 1964
Marramà and Carnevale 2017
Actinopteri - Characiformes
cf. Miletes sp. Heckel 1849
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Characiformes - Erythrinidae
cf. Hoplias sp. Gill 1903
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Characiformes
cf. Rhodsia sp. Fowler 1911
de Muizon et al. 1983
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictaluridae indet. Gill 1861
de Muizon et al. 1983
New genus
see common names

Geography
Country:Bolivia State/province:Mizque
Coordinates: 18.0° South, 65.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.7° South, 52.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:2927 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Danian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
*Period:Late/Upper Cretaceous *Epoch:Senonian
*International age/stage:Maastrichtian
Key time interval:Danian Mammal zone: Tiupampan
Age range of interval:66.00000 - 61.60000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Santa Lucía
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: said to be 125 m above base of El Molino Formation at Tiupampa and Maastrichtian (Marshall et al. 1983) but actually from "between 110 and 140 m above the base of the Santa Lucia Formation" (Muizon and Marshall 1992)
"The Tiupampa mammals occur in the middle section of the Santa Lucia Formation (Marshall et al. 1997). This section has been referred to the early Palaeocene by Gayet et al. (1992), Bonaparte et al. (1993), and Muizon (1998). However, an early late Palaeocene age has been suggested by Marshall et al. (1997) and Pascual & Ortiz-Jaureguizar (2007). Recently, Gelfo et al. (2009) have reassessed the age of the Tiupampa mammal fauna and concluded that it is of early Palaeocene age. The Tiupampa mammal-bearing beds are regarded by these authors as a probable equivalent of the late Puercan (Pu3) of North America and would therefore be as old as 64 to 64.5 Ma. This hypothesis is based on the fact that the Tiupampa mammal-bearing beds are included in a single reversed stratigraphic series, which is likely to correspond to Chron 28r (see Gelfo et al. 2009 for discussion). However, when Gelfo et al. (2009) wrote their paper, the reference for calibration of Chron 28r was Lofgren et al. (2004), and the correlation was with the late Puercan (Pu3). New dates and calibration of the NALMAs have slightly modified the age and position of Chron 28r. According to Wilson (2013, 2014) and Sprain et al. (2014) Chron 28r is totally included in the base of the early Torrejonian (To1) and its absolute age is bracketed between c. 65 Ma and 64.866. This represents the very base of the early Torrejonian (To1), which spans from 65.118 Ma to c. 63.5 Ma. In other words, the absolute age for the Tiupampa fauna is c. 65 Ma." (Muizon et al. 2015)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,surface (float),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection dates:1982-1988, 1998
Collection method comments: Centro de Tecnologia Petrolera (CTP) and Museo de Historia Natural de Cochabamba (MNHN) collections
initial collections were made between 1982 and 1988 and were recovered "by surface prospecting, quarrying, and screen washing" (Muizon and Marshall 1992)
Taxonomic list comments:includes material from at least two localities and probably more, but apparently only one major quarry (Locality 1)
Metadata
Database number:13501
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Zijlstra, R. Butler, P. Mannion, R. Benson, M. Uhen Enterer:J. Wertheim, M. Uhen, R. Benson, P. Mannion, J. Zijlstra, J. Alroy, R. Butler
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-04-09 12:42:22 Last modified:2020-12-31 11:13:37
Access level:the public Released:2002-04-09 12:42:22
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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