Chazumba II: Pleistocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma cf. mexicana Baird 1855
Microtus cf. mexicanus (Saussure 1861)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium sp. Osborn 1903
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Pampatheriidae mexicanum
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium cf. laurillardi (Lund 1842)
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon integrum Le Conte 1854
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis sp. Wagler 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Santiago chazumba County:Oaxaca
Coordinates: 18.2° North, 97.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:18.2° North, 97.5° West
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty not reported
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
Metadata
Database number:190089
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:E. Velasquez
Created:2017-11-27 20:29:55 Last modified:2017-11-27 20:29:55
Access level:the public Released:2017-11-27 20:29:55
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

63929. R. Vines-Vallverdu, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, , II Rivera-Gonzalez, X.P. Rodriguez-Alvarez, A. Rubio-Mora, I.N. Exudate-Eusebio, O.R. Solis-Torres and C.F. Ardelean. 2017. Recent archaeo-palaeontogical findings from Barranca del Muerto site, Santiago Chazumba, Oaxaca, Mexico. Quaternary International 431:168-180 [M. Uhen/E. Velasquez /M. Uhen]