Cerro Pacho: Pleistocene, El Salvador
collected by Concepción Avendaño 1969
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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| P268a and P268.2 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | El Salvador | State/province: | Chalatenango | County: | Laguna Seca |
| Coordinates: | 14.1° North, 89.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.2° North, 89.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Concepción Avendaño | Collection dates: | 1969 |
| Collection method comments: Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvador | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Canton Laguna Seca | ||
| Database number: | 192090 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | J. Carrillo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-03-08 06:55:27 | Last modified: | 2018-03-08 06:55:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-03-08 06:55:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64963. | C. A. Laurito and D. H. Aguilar. 2007. El registro de Mammuthus (Proboscidea, Elephantidae) en la República de El Salvador, América Central. Revista Geológica de América Central 34:73-81 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |