Chimalhuacan-Atenco Capa III (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Also known as Tzocuilco

Where: Mexico, Mexico (19.0° N, 98.8° W: paleocoordinates 19.1° N, 98.6° W)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed/horizon: Capa III

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

• brown clay, average thickness 0.10 m; overlies units IV and V

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: A. Garcia Cook. 1968. Chimalhuacan: Un artefacto asociado a megafauna. Publicaciones, Departamento de Prehistoria, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia 21:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 71318: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
"Pappogeomys merriami" = Cratogeomys merriami
"Pappogeomys merriami" = Cratogeomys merriami Thomas 1893 Merriam's pocket gopher
"Crategeomys merriamy"