Estanzuela - Locality 5: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Guatemala
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptotherium sp.
Osborn 1903
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Dávila et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Glyptotherium cf. floridanus
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Lucas et al. 2022 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium laurillardi
(Lund 1842)
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Dávila et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Mixotoxodon larensis
Van Frank 1957
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Dávila et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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| right upper second molar; tooth fragments with the occlusal surface; upper left fourth premolar or first molar; lower right molar, either a first or second | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Cuvieronius hyodon
(Fischer 1814)
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Dávila et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Mastotherium hyodon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Dávila et al. 2019 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Caviidae
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Neochoerus sp.
Hay 1926
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Dávila et al. 2019 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Guatemala | State/province: | Zacapa | County: | Estanzuela |
| Coordinates: | 15.0° North, 89.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 15.0° North, 89.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Altitude: | 189 meters | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 22400 to 9539 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Dávila et al. 2019: according to a recent field survey by us (March 2018) all fossil findings appear to be located in a single stratigraphic unit, several meters thick |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: Dávila et al. 2019: fluvially transported pumitic sand and silt of volcanic origin (lahar) with convolute deformation and water-escape structures, due to repeated earthquakes. | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | all macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Collection method comments: Dávila et al. 2019: The Estanzuela locality was discovered by Barnum Brown in 1945; The fossil material is housed at the Museo de Paleontología y Arqueología Ingeniero Roberto Woolfolk Saravia (ME) in the village of Estanzuela. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 189381 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Bryant, G. Varnham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-10-14 07:45:46 | Last modified: | 2020-08-18 12:04:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-10-14 07:45:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63597. | H.G. McDonald and S.L. Dávila. 2017. Mammoths in Central America: New records from Guatemala. Quaternary International 443:122-128 [M. Uhen/J. Bryant/P. Mannion] |
Secondary references:
| 73427 | S. L. Dávila, S. R. Stinnesbeck, S. Gonzalez, S. Lindauer, J. Escamilla and W. Stinnesbeck. 2019. Guatemala's Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) fauna: Revision and interpretation. Quaternary Science Reviews 219:277-296 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] | |
| 86742 | S. G. Lucas, J. E. Romero, O. J. Vásquez and G. E. Alvarado. 2022. The fossil vertebrates of Guatemala. Revista Geológica de América Central 66 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham] |