Cedazo (Pleistocene of Mexico)
Also known as Arroyo Cedazo; Arroyo San Francisco
Where: Aguascalientes, Mexico (21.8° N, 102.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 102.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Tacubaya Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Mooser and W. W. Dalquest. 1975. Pleistocene mammals from Aguascalientes, central Mexico. Journal of Mammalogy 56(4):781-820 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 20283: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• from "lower few meters" of Fm.
said by Kurten and Anderson 1980 to be Sangamonian, but by both Mooser and Dalquest and Miller and Carranza 1984 to be Illinoian
said by Kurten and Anderson 1980 to be Sangamonian, but by both Mooser and Dalquest and Miller and Carranza 1984 to be Illinoian
Show authors, comments, and common names
Mammalia | |
Erethizon ? dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine confirmed by Frazier 1981; "Coendou sp." of White 1970
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? Thomomys umbrinus Richardson 1829 southern pocket gopher | |
Lepus cf. californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit
Sylvilagus cf. audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail | |
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse based on Rodriguez Avalos 1999, includes "E. excelsus," "E. sp.," "E. cf. caballus," "E. tau," "E. calobatus," "E. mexicanus," and "E. parastylidens"
Equus parastylidens n. sp. Mooser 1959 horse | |
Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary | |
"Camelops cf. hesternus" = Camelops hesternus6, "Camelops traviswhitei" = Camelops hesternus6, Hemiauchenia sp.1
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Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930 pronghorn
Tetrameryx tacubayensis Mooser and Dalquest 1975 pronghorn | |
"Smilodon cf. californicus" = Smilodon fatalis, "Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox, Panthera onca, Lynx rufus1
"Smilodon cf. californicus" = Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
"Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar | |
Taxidea cf. taxus Schreber 1778 American badger | |
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Urocyon cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Canis cedazoensis n. sp. Mooser and Dalquest 1975 canine | |
"Glyptotherium cf. mexicanum" = Glyptotherium cylindricum1
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"Nothrotheriops cf. shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense1
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Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth | |
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"Mammut americanus" = Mammut americanum
"Mammut americanus" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 common opossum | |
Reptilia | |
"Gopherus auffenbergi n. sp." = Gopherus auffenbergi4, "Gopherus pargensis n. sp." = Gopherus auffenbergi5
"Gopherus auffenbergi n. sp." = Gopherus auffenbergi4 Mooser 1972 gopher tortoise Unknown institution (holotype), a shell and associated appendicular elements with the temporary number FC 500 (Mooser 1972, figs. 1–3)
"Gopherus pargensis n. sp." = Gopherus auffenbergi5 Mooser 1972 gopher tortoise TMM 41536-29 (holotype), a partial carapace (Mooser 1980, fig. 5)
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