Ciudad Real (Pleistocene of Guatemala)

Also known as Barranco del Ciudad Real

Where: Guatemala City, Guatemala (14.6° N, 90.6° W: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 90.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lithology not reported

• "fluviolacustrine sediments of volcanic origin"; age "probably Wisconsinan" based on geomorphology of Lake Amatitlan, which apparently is adjacent to the fauna
• Dávila et al. 2019: a fine sandy lahar matrix (reworked volcanic sediments) of basaltic-andesitic composition (Fig. 4A).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Dávila et al. 2019: The fossil site known as Ciudad Real is located within the urban area of Guatemala City and was excavated from 1970 to 1972 as a rescue campaign, directed by Lic. Mario Dary Rivera and staff of the Museo de Historia Natural of the University of San Carlos at Guatemala. Most of the material from Zona 12, is today either exhibited or stored in the Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala City (MUSHNAT). All fossils have catalogue numbers USC (Universidad de San Carlos).

Primary reference: J. T. Thurmond and M. Dary. 1973. Geol Soc Am Abs Prog 5:445-445 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71294: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.02.1999, edited by Grace Varnham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
compared to O. virginianus and O. salinae
Mazama sp.1 Rafinesque 1817 brocket deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Euceratherium sp.2 Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub-ox
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Mixotoxodon larensis1 Van Frank 1957 notoungulate
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Cuvieronius sp. Osborn 1923 gomphothere
"small"; second, larger "mastodont" also present