Casimba: Pleistocene, Cuba

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Microcnus gliriformis Matthew 1931
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
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
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% 48000W. 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]