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
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 | |
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
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Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate | |
Toxodon sp. Owen 1837 notoungulate | |
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