Rancho Gerardo (Middle Unit) (Pleistocene of Mexico)
Where: Puebla, Mexico (18.6° N, 97.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.6° N, 97.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; yellow siltstone and sandstone
• "yellowish silt and sand with lenses of rounded and elongated cobbles"
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Montellano-Ballesteros. 2002. New Cuvieronius finds from the Pleistocene of central Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 76(3):578-583 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 13948: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere | |
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Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate | |
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Glyptodontidae indet. Burmeister 1879 glyptodon | |