Tequixquiac: Late/Upper Pliocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas primigenius
Blumenbach 1799
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| recombined as Mammuthus primigenius | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Dibelodon tropicus n. sp.
Cope 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Cuvieronius tropicus | ||||||||||
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Dibelodon shepardi
(Leidy 1870)
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| nomen dubium belonging to Gomphotheriidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus tau
Owen 1869
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1 individual | |||||||||
| synonym of Plesippus simplicidens | ||||||||||
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Equus crenidens n. sp.
Cope 1884
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| recombined as Equus (Plesippus) crenidens | ||||||||||
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Equus barcenaei n. sp.
Cope 1884
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Equus conversidens | ||||||||||
| upper molars | ||||||||||
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Equus excelsus
Leidy 1858
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2 individuals | |||||||||
| skulls | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bos latifrons
Harlan 1825
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| recombined as Bison latifrons | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus ? compressus
Leconte 1848
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Holomeniscus hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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| recombined as Camelops hesternus | ||||||||||
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Eschatius conidens n. gen., n. sp.
Cope 1884
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Camelops | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptodon sp.
Owen 1839
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1 individual | |||||||||
| carapace | ||||||||||
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= Glyptodontinae indet.
Gray 1869
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Zurita et al. 2018 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | México |
| Coordinates: | 19.9° North, 99.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 20.0° North, 98.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Stage: | Piacenzian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pliocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| 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 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 163820 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Carrillo |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-11-14 16:20:28 | Last modified: | 2014-11-14 16:25:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-11-14 16:20:28 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 53461. | E. D. Cope. 1884. The extinct Mammalia of the Valley of Mexico. Paleontological Bulletin 39:1-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 66406 | A. E. Zurita, D. D. Gillette, F. Cuadrelli and A. A. Carlini. 2018. A tale of two clades: Comparative study of Glyptodon Owen and Glyptotherium Osborn (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae. Geobios 51(3):247-258 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |