Las Banderas: Pleistocene, Nicaragua
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
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Geography
| Country: | Nicaragua |
| Coordinates: | 12.3° North, 86.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.5° North, 85.8° West (Wright 2013) |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Las Sierras | Member: | Las Banderas |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "volcaniclastic" |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 86961 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-26 11:11:33 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-26 11:11:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12164. | S. G. Lucas, R. Garcia, E. Espinoza, G. E. Alvarado, L. Hde Mendoza and E. Vega. 2008. The fossil mammals of Nicaragua. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44:417-429 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |