Chimalhuacan-Atenco Capa III: 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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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Pappogeomys merriami
(Thomas 1893)
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| recombined as Cratogeomys merriami | ||||||||||
| "Crategeomys merriamy" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 19.0° North, 98.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° North, 98.6° West | ||
| Altitude: | 2239 meters |
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
| Stratigraphy comments: bed/horizon: Capa III |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Geology comments: brown clay, average thickness 0.10 m; overlies units IV and V | |
Taphonomy
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tzocuilco | ||
| Database number: | 71318 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Created: | 1999-02-16 14:49:18 | Last modified: | 1999-02-16 16:49:18 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-16 14:49:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24036. | A. Garcia Cook. 1968. Chimalhuacan: Un artefacto asociado a megafauna. Publicaciones, Departamento de Prehistoria, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia 21:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |