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CTA-51, Loreto, Peru

Lat/Long (Decimal)	-7.32948,-74.9492
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Loreto, Peru
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Loreto, Peru

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
CTA-51	Antoine P., Abello M. A., et al (2016)	Pozo - lower		not reported	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Plantae kingdom	Plantae	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Trichodactylidae family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Trichodactylidae	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Ostracoda class	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Characiformes order	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Characiformes	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Colossoma sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Characiformes : Characidae : *Colossoma*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Hydrolycus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Characiformes : Cynodontidae : *Hydrolycus*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Potamotrygon ucayalensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Myliobatiformes : Potamotrygonidae : Potamotrygon : *Potamotrygon ucayalensis*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Mammalia class	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Didelphimorphia order	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Bonapartherioidea superfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Polydolopimorphia : Bonapartherioidea	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Polydolopimorphia suborder	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Polydolopimorphia	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Wamradolops sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paucituberculata : *Wamradolops*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Cachiyacuy contamanensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cachiyacuy : *Cachiyacuy contamanensis*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Eoespina sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Echimyidae : *Eoespina*	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Anura order	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Eobatrachus : Anura	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Pipidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Pipidae	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Caimaninae unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Crocodylia : Alligatoridae : Caimaninae	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Booidea superfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Booidea	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene
Testudines order	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines	48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene

References

Antoine P., Abello M. A., et al (2016) A 60-million-year Cenozoic history of western Amazonian ecosystems in Contamana, eastern Peru, Gondwana Research 31, 30-59 doi:10.1016/j.gr.2015.11.001

Boivin M., Marivaux L., et al (2017) Late middle Eocene caviomorph rodents from Contamana, Peruvian Amazonia, Palaeontologia Electronica 20 1, 19A:1-50

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!

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