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Cuscatlan, El Salvador

FormationCuscatlan
Member(s)C1
Age:1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
IntervalIrvingtonian
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences7

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Barranca del SisimicoSan Vicente Department, El SalvadorCuscatlan
Río Tomayate San Salvador Department, El SalvadorCuscatlán - C1

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Cuscatlán - C14.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic
2

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Cervidae
family
5Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cervidae1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Borophagus hilli
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Borophagus : Borophagus hilli4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Arctotherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Arctotherium4.9 - 1.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Mixotoxodon sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Mixotoxodon1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Cuvieronius sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Cuvieronius1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Megalonyx obtusidens
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Megalonyx : Megalonyx obtusidens1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Meizonyx salvadorensis
species
7Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megalonychidae : Meizonyx : Meizonyx salvadorensis1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Eremotherium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae : Eremotherium1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene
Geochelone sp.
genus
6Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Geochelone1.8 - 0.3 Ma
Pleistocene

References

Webb S. D., Perrigo S. C. (1984)  Late Cenozoic Vertebrates from Honduras and El Salvador, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4 2, 237-254
Webb S. D., Perrigo S. C. (1985) New megalonychid sloths from El Salvador, The evolution and ecology of armadillos, sloths, and vermilinguas, 113-120
Soibelzon L. H., Romero M. R., et al (2008) A Blancan (Pliocene) short-faced bear from El Salvador and its implications for Tremarctines in South America, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 250 1, 1-8
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