Where: Sonora, Mexico (27.0° N, 109.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 109.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; black, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. C. Blick, H. S. Gentry in 1937; reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: J. I. Mead, S. L. Swift, R. S. White, H. G. McDonald, and A. Baez. 2007. Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) glyptodont and pampathere (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from Sonora, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 24(3):439-449 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85159: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 03.12.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Glyptotherium cylindricum Brown 1912 glyptodon |