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| PALEONTOLOGICAL LANDSCAPE OF CUSCO REGION |
Megafauna comes from gree word "megas" wich means big and from latin "fauna" animal, term used in paleontology to refer to colosal animals that lived at the end of Tertiary and beginining of Quaternary of the Cenozoic Era, which became extinct by natural phenomena that took place in the epoch.
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| Especies de Fauna y Flora / Species of Flora and Fauna |
The paleontological records in the region confirm the existence of various species of flora and fauna, among which are: invertebrates, fish ferns and Megafauna. These species include:
Gasteropodos / Gastropods
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Gasteropodos / Gastropods |
Kind of mollusks with more variants, being the only ones that occupied the marine and terrestrial habitats.
Mastodonte Gonfoterio / Mastodon Gomphothere
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| Mastodonte Gonfoterio / Mastodon Gomphothere |
Belongs to a family of proboscidians Gonphetheridae) which came to South America a million years ago, during the Great American Biotic Interchange.
Gliptodonte / Glyptodont
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| Gliptodonte / Glyptodont |
Cingulated mammal (Glyptodon clavipes), of the Glyptodontidae family. They were native of America and ancestor of the current armadillos, measured up to 3 m long and more than 1 ton of weight.
Megaterio / Megatherium
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| Megaterio / Megatherium |
Placental mammal, of Megatheriidae family, commonly known as giant sloths. They lived América, since early Pliocene or Pleistocene.
Macrauquenia / Macrauchemia
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| Macrauquenia / Macrauchemia |
Pertains to the placental mammals, Macraucheniidae family, the body as similar to the camel, with short trunk "trompa"; they reached up to 2 m tall and 3 m long, with almost 1.5 tons of weight Despite its appearance they are not llamas or something related to camels.
Helecho Arboreo / Tree Fern
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| Helecho Arboreo / Tree Fern |
Plant of the specie caracasana Cyathea that coexisted with the megafauna which currently still subsists, so it is called ¨living fossil¨, it is located in the Historic Sanctuary of Machupicchu.
Equido / Equidae
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| Equido / Equidae |
Mammal of the family Equidae, recorded from the Middle Pleistocene. It is recognized five species of the genus Equus (Amerhippus), including Andinum horses wit short leg, big head, robust body and neck.
Peces Pequeños / Small Fishes
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| Peces Pequeños / Small Fishes |
Found associated with fossilized leaves, within layers of sandstone, whose sedimentation environments which correspond to lacustrine systems.
Tigre Dientes de Sable / Saber Toothed Tiger
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| Tigre Dientes de Sable / Saber Toothed Tiger |
Felidae of smilodon genus of the subfamily of macairodontinos, it had large teeth like probably weighing up to 300 kg,
