Tequixquiac: LACM (CIT) 268, 308, 309, 310, 311 (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Mexico, Mexico (19.9° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.9° N, 99.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Becerra Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• Late Pleistocene on the basis of mammals (Hibbard, 1955) and avifauna

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in the 1930s; reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: H. Howard. 1969. Avian fossils from three Pleistocene sites in central Mexico. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science 172:1-11 [J. Alroy/K. Sears/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192627: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

Aves
 Falconiformes - Falconidae
"Caracara prelutosa" = Caracara cheriway
"Caracara prelutosa" = Caracara cheriway Jacquin 1784 crested caracara
ssp. grinnelli
 Passeriformes -
Passeriformes indet. Linnaeus 1758 perching bird
"passerines"
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
"Anas ? cyanoptera" = Spatula cyanoptera, "Anas ? americana" = Mareca americana, Cygnus sp., "Anas ? collaris" = Aythya collaris, Anas acuta
"Anas ? cyanoptera" = Spatula cyanoptera Viellot 1816 cinnamon teal
"Anas ? americana" = Mareca americana Gmelin 1789 American wigeon
Cygnus sp. Garsault 1764 swan
"swan"
"Anas ? collaris" = Aythya collaris Donovan 1809 ring-necked duck
Anas acuta Linnaeus 1758 northern pintail
 Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Breagyps clarki Miller 1910 New World vulture
 Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
? Ciconia sp. Brisson 1760 stork
 Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipitridae indet. Viellot 1816 hawk
"hawk"
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle
Spizaetus ? grinnelli Miller 1911 hawk-eagle