Where: Quintana Roo, Mexico (20.3° N, 87.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: karst; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. McDonald, J. C. Chatters, and T. J. Gaudin. 2017. A new genus of megalonychid ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra) from the late Pleistocene of Quintana Roo, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(3):e1307206:1-14 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 212361: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 12.08.2020
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Cuvieronius cf. tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere | |
Nohochichak xibalbahkah n. gen. n. sp.
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"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth | |
Nasua narica Linnaeus 1766 white-nosed coati | |
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Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Smilodon cf. fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat | |
Protocyon troglodytes Lund 1938 canine | |
Tapirus bairdii Gill 1865 Baird's tapir | |
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary |