Also known as Lago de Chapala; Lake Chapala

Where: Jalisco, Mexico (20.3° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 20.4° N, 103.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chapala Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: H. Howard. 1969. Avian fossils from three Pleistocene sites in central Mexico. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 172:1-11 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192626: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2018, edited by Philip Mannion

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