Also known as 2.5 km SE of the confluence of the Quebrada Belen and Quebrada Lupica
Where: Parinacota, Chile (18.5° S, 69.6° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 18.0° S, 67.4° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Huaylas Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• middle section of the Huaylas Formation
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; tabular, muddy sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 2006
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: G. Montoya-Sanhueza, K. Moreno, R. Bobe, M. T. Carrano, M. GarcĂa and A. Corgne. 2017. Peltephilidae and Mesotheriidae (Mammalia) from late Miocene strata of Northern Chilean Andes, Caragua. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 75:51-65 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 197295: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.11.2018
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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Epipeltephilus caraguensis n. sp.
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