La Angostura (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Sonora, Mexico (27.8° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° N, 109.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. I. Mead, J. M. Arroyo-Cabrales, and S. L. Swift. 2019. Late Pleistocene Mammuthus and Cuvieronius (proboscidea) from Térapa, Sonora, Mexico. Quaternary Science Reviews 223:1-11 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 213027: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Grace Varnham on 24.08.2020, edited by Miranta Kouvari

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
Cuvieronius cf. hyodon Fischer 1814 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Andinomys edax Thomas 1902 rodent
Calomys cf. musculinus Thomas 1913 vesper mouse
Tafimys powelli Ortiz et al. 2000 rodent
Phyllotis anitae Jayat et al. 2007 rodent
Neotomys ebriosus Thomas 1894 rodent
Oligoryzomys brendae pygmy rice rat
Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 bunny rat
Necromys cf. lactens Thomas 1918 rodent
 Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys sp. de Blainville 1826 caviomorph
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Galea leucoblephara Burmeister 1861 caviomorph
Cavia tschudii Fitzinger 1867 montane guinea pig