Masachapa (Pleistocene of Nicaragua)
Where: Nicaragua (11.8° N, 86.5° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 86.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; coarse-grained, gray sandstone
• light gray and grayish orange coarse-grained to pebbly baslatic sand
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 86962: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.02.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Mammalia | |
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Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
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Eremotherium laurillardi Lund 1842 edentate | |