Huachichil (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico (19.5° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 19.6° N, 99.1° W)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

• two foot thick layer of dacite boulders in a matrix of "brown sandy clay"; interpreted as a "lake shore"

Primary reference: H. de Terra. 1953. A strange Pleistocene fossil locality in Mexico. Science 118:748-749 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 71317: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus crinidens" = Equus (Plesippus) crenidens
"Equus crinidens" = Equus (Plesippus) crenidens Cope 1884 horse
"Equus crenidens"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"giant camel"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
"B. ? chaneyi"
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Xenarthra indet. edentate
"edentates"
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
"elephant"
 Insectivora -
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821 insectivoran