Rio Viejo: Pleistocene, Nicaragua
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Toxodontidae indet.
Ameghino 1889
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Geography
| Country: | Nicaragua | County: | Matagalpa |
| Coordinates: | 12.9° North, 85.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.9° North, 85.8° West |
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
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
Collection methods and comments
Metadata
| Database number: | 71268 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Created: | 1999-02-06 12:27:40 | Last modified: | 1999-02-06 14:27:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-06 12:27:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23919. | T. R. Howell and J. R. Macdonald. 1969. Geol Soc Am Sp Pap 121:143-144 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 12164 | S. G. Lucas, R. Garcia, E. Espinoza, G. E. Alvarado, L. Hde Mendoza and E. Vega. 2008. The fossil mammals of Nicaragua. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:417-429 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |