Vallee of Zacualco Mammoth: Pleistocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas cf. columbi
Falconer 1857
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1 individual | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
| Author witheld "certain determination" for further comparison to additional species. [entered by RW as "Elephus cf. columbi"] | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Jalisco |
| Coordinates: | 20.7° North, 103.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.7° North, 103.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Stratigraphic resolution set to bed because there is just one skeleton (JA). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
| Articulated whole bodies: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Elephas cf. columbi skeleton is in the collection of M. Lazaro Gallardo, of San Pedro.
Several additional localities containing fossil bones are mentioned, including, 1. close to the Hacienda of Gargantillo, ~5 miles from the port of Ypala (collection 45174), and 2. close to the hacienda del Cuez, ~3 miles from Esmeca (not entered because couldn't locate Esmeca). | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | south of Guadalajara; Zacoalco | ||
| Database number: | 45173 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | R. Whatley |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-10-08 14:34:46 | Last modified: | 2020-08-12 07:41:24 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-08 14:34:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11763. | 5% 51820 | H. Milne-Edwards. 1865. À des ossements fossiles provenant de la vallee de Zacualco. [Fossil bones from the valley of Zacualco.]. Archives de la Commission Scientifique du Mexique 1:401-407 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Whatley] |