Casimba: Pleistocene, Cuba
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Microcnus gliriformis
Matthew 1931
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Neocnus gliriformis | ||||||||||
right ramus mandibuli with two last molars and alveoli or m1 and c1 (may have been previously reported) | ||||||||||
Miocnus antillensis n. sp.
Matthew 1931
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Acratocnus antillensis | ||||||||||
type: lower jaw lacking condylar and angular region and with the alveoli only of the teeth; paratype: a left ramus of the jaw, broken off at alveolus of m1 but with condylar and angular region nearly complete and m2-3 preserved | ||||||||||
Mesocnus torrei n. sp.
Matthew 1931
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2 specimens | |||||||||
dissociated lower jaw, the symphysis and left ramus with all the teeth, but the condyle angle and coronoid processincomplete (a second jaw is also referred to this species) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Cuba |
Coordinates: | 20.5° North, 75.8° West (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 20.5° North, 75.6° West |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Disassociated major elements: | some |
Disassociated minor elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: The primary ref for this collection is not the first place these fossils were mentioned, but the two "background" references are an abstract and a general discussion of S. A. mammals |
Metadata
Database number: | 37704 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | E. Leckey |
Modifier: | E. Leckey | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2004-03-22 09:10:04 | Last modified: | 2004-03-22 11:19:49 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-03-22 09:10:04 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
9932. | 5% 48000 | W. D. Matthew. 1931. Genera and new species of ground sloths from the Pleistocene of Cuba. American Museum Novitates 511:1-5 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy] |