Jalapa (Pleistocene of Nicaragua)

Where: Nicaragua (13.8° N, 86.1° W: paleocoordinates 13.9° N, 86.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: "channel"; poorly lithified, fine-grained, yellow sandstone

• friable, corsbedded, pale yellowish brown, very fine to fine-grained micaceous sand

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1886. Toxodon and other remains from Nicaragua. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 38:275-277 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 86959: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.02.2009, edited by John Alroy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Caviidae
"Hydrochoerus robustus n. sp." = Neochoerus aesopi
"Hydrochoerus robustus n. sp." = Neochoerus aesopi Leidy 1853 caviomorph
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus cf. occidentalis" = Equus mexicanus2
"Equus cf. occidentalis" = Equus mexicanus2 Hibbard 1955 horse
Equus curvidens or E. tau
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bovidae indet.1 Gray 1821 antelope
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium sp. Cuvier 1796 edentate
 Notoungulata - Toxodontidae
Mixotoxodon larensis2 Van Frank 1957 notoungulate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Mastodon andium" = Mastotherium hyodon
"Mastodon andium" = Mastotherium hyodon Fischer 1814 gomphothere