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La Carolina , Santa Elena Province, Ecuador
Lat/Long (Decimal) | -2.22,-80.9408 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Santa Elena Province, Ecuador |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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La Carolina | Lindsey E., Lopez E. (2015) | sandstone | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Puma sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Puma | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Smilodon sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Smilodon | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Notiomastodon sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Notiomastodon | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Glossotherium sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Mylodontidae : Glossotherium | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
Scelidodon sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Mylodontidae : Scelidodon | 0.781 - 0.126 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Lindsey E., Lopez E. (2015) Tanque Loma, a new late-Pleistocene megafaunal tar seep locality from southwest Ecuador, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 57, 61-82 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!