Where: Azuay, Ecuador (3.3° S, 79.1° W: paleocoordinates 3.7° S, 77.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Letrero Formation, Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine deltaic; lithology not reported
•composed of lacustrine sediments with strong fluvial clastic
•input and contains siltstones and fine-grained sandstones
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Duke University and Escuela Politécnica Nacional in 1987
• MEPN, Museo de Historia Natural "Gustavo Orcés", Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador
Primary reference: A. A. Carlini, M. C. Castro, R.H. Madden and G.J. Scillato-Yané. 2014. A new species of Dasypodidae (Xenarthra: Cingulata) from the late Mioceneof northwestern South America: implications in the Dasypodini phylogeny and diversity. Historical Biology 26(6):728-736 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 166501: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Juan Carrillo on 16.02.2015
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