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El Bosque, Estelí Department, Nicaragua

Lat/Long (Decimal)13.3,-86.5
Co-ordinates Derivationnot explained
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Estelí Department, Nicaragua

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
El BosqueLucas S. G., Garcia R., et al (2008)claystone0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Odocoileus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae : Odocoileus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Notoungulata
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Mixotoxodon larensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Mixotoxodon : Mixotoxodon larensis0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Equidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Equus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Gomphotheriidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Gomphotherium sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Gomphotherium0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Stegomastodon sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Stegomastodon0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Megalonychidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Eremotherium laurillardi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Megatheriidae : Eremotherium : Eremotherium laurillardi0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Testudines
order
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines0.126 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Page W. D. (1978) The geology of the El Bosque archaeological site, Nicaragua, Early Man in America from a Circum-pacific Perspective, 231-260
Lucas S. G., Garcia R., et al (2008) The fossil mammals of Nicaragua, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 44, 417-429
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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