La Botana: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
collected by H. S. Gentry. P. S. Martin 1936, 1975
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
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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cf. Capromeryx sp.
Matthew 1902
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptotherium cylindricum
(Brown 1912)
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Sonora |
| Coordinates: | 27.7° North, 110.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.7° North, 110.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Altitude: | 490 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous "limestone" |
| Lithology description: "argillaceous lime" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | AMNH | ||
| Collectors: | H. S. Gentry. P. S. Martin | Collection dates: | 1936, 1975 |
| Collection method comments: 1936 Gentry collection is at the AMNH; 1975 Martin collection is at Northern Arizona University | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Tesopaco Locality 2 | ||
| Database number: | 85156 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-03 13:04:19 | Last modified: | 2008-12-03 15:04:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-03 13:04:19 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28655. | J. I. Mead, S. L. Swift, R. S. White, H. G. McDonald, and A. Baez. 2007. Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) glyptodont and pampathere (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 24(3):439-449 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |