Ventoquipa (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Hidalgo, Mexico (20.0° N, 98.3° W: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 98.3° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V.M. Bravo-Cuevas, F. Rivals, and J. Presto-Vargas. 2017. Paleoecology (C13 and O18 stable isotopes analysis) of a mammalian assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Hidalgo, central Mexico and implications for a better understanding of environmental conditions in temperate North America (18 degrees - 36 degrees N Lat.). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 485:632-643 [M. Uhen/E. Velasquez ]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 190114: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Erin Velasquez on 28.11.2017

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia gracilis Meachen 2005 camel