List of gomphothere fossils in South America
Age Location Present elevation Fossils
Late Pleistocene La Brea , Talara , Piura 3 m ( 9.8 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Late Pleistocene Cupinisque Desert , La Libertad 2 m ( 6.6 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Late Pleistocene Ocucaje , Ica 500 m ( 1,600 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Late Pleistocene Quebrada El Jahuay , Arequipa 1 m ( 3.3 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Late Pleistocene La Huaca , Piura 17 m ( 56 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Late Pleistocene Ayusbamba , Cuzco 3,500 m ( 11,500 ft ) Cuvieronius hyodon
Late Pleistocene Quipan , Canta , Lima 2,200 m ( 7,200 ft ) Stegomastodon waringi
Late Pleistocene Pasamayo Quarry , Lima 10 m ( 33 ft ) Stegomastodon waringi
Pleistocene Sacaco 2 , Arequipa 750 m ( 2,460 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Pleistocene Celendín , Cajamarca 2,500 m ( 8,200 ft ) Stegomastodon sp
Tortonian Cerro Colorado , Madre de Dios 300 m ( 980 ft ) Amahuacatherium peruvium
Gomphothere fossil finds -- Peru
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This is a list of gomphothere fossils found in South America. Gomphotheres were elephant-like mammals that lived from the Middle Miocene (approximately 12 million years ago) to the Holocene (6000 years BP). The following species have been described in twentieth and twenty-first century paleontological literature about South America. An alternative proposal is considered within the scientific community, listed below. Original classification
Proposed reclassification