Zacoalco, Lake Chapala (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Also known as Lago de Chapala

Where: Jalisco, Mexico (20.2° N, 103.6° W: paleocoordinates 20.2° N, 103.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. R. Stinnesbeck, E. Frey, and W. Stinnesbeck. 2018. New insights on the paleogeographic distribution of the Late Pleistocene ground sloth genus Xibalbaonyx along the Mesoamerican Corridor. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 85:108-120 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 212360: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.08.2020, edited by Grace Varnham and Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus ticuli n. sp.2 Mones 1974 peccary
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Eremotherium laurillardi1 Lund 1842 edentate
Polaco-Ramos, 1981; McDonald, 2002
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Xibalbaonyx microcaninus n. sp. Stinnesbeck et al. 2018 edentate
INAH MRG-10-294922 - type