El Tajo UCMP V2501: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
collected by Furlong, Eustace 1922
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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| near californicus | ||||||||||
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= Pitymys meadensis
Hibbard 1944
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Repenning 1983 | |||||||||
| recombined as Microtus meadensis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. ocropus
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Aenocyon dirus
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus almenanii
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx mexicana n. sp.
Furlong 1925
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 19.9° North, 99.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.9° North, 99.1° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | breccia |
| Lithology description: breccia, light gray in color, composed of angular lime rock fragments with occasional gravel in a limy earth matrix. | |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | ||
| Collectors: | Furlong, Eustace | Collection dates: | 1922 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 227227 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-09-23 10:43:31 | Last modified: | 2022-09-23 10:56:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-09-23 10:43:31 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1562. | E. L. Furlong. 1925. Notes on the Occurrence of Mammalian Remains in the Pleistocene of Mexico, with a Description of a New Species Capromeryx mexicana. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 15(5):137-152 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 2871 | C. A. Repenning. 1983. Pitymys meadensis Hibbard from the Valley of Mexico and the classification of North American species of Pitymys (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 2(4):471-482 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |