El Palmar (Pleistocene of Nicaragua)
Where: Nicaragua (11.5° N, 85.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 85.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; medium-grained, volcaniclastic sandstone
• medium gray and light brownish gray medium to very coarse grained basaltic sand
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 86963: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.02.2009
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Mammalia | |
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth |