A new specimen of Eremotherium laurillardi (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Chiapas, and comments about the distribution of the species in Mexico

Fuente: Redalyc
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Gerardo Carbot-Chanona
Format: Artículo científico
Sprache:en
Veröffentlicht: Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. 2022
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1876432748712820736
author Gerardo Carbot-Chanona
author_facet Gerardo Carbot-Chanona
contents A new specimen of Eremotherium laurillardi (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Chiapas, and comments about the distribution of the species in Mexico Gerardo Carbot-Chanona Luis Enrique Gómez-Pérez Marco Antonio Coutiño-José Ciencias de la Tierra Folivora Late Pleistocene paleobiogeography Giant ground sloth Eremotherium laurillardiwas a common giant ground sloth in the Late Pleistocene of the Americas. A right femur referable to this species was recovered from fluvial sediments in Constitución 27 colony, Socoltenango municipality, in the southern State of Chiapas, Mexico. The femur shows the morphological characteristics ofE. laurillardi, such as: large size; rectangular shape, it is dorsoventrally flattened; lateral and medial margin rectilinear and parallel, and patellar trochlea transversely elongated with the medial margin in the sagittal plane of the femur. The record from Constitución 27 town, adds a new locality forE. laurillardiin Mexico, which adds to the previously known seven localities with remains of this species in Chiapas. In Mexico,E. laurillardiis present in 31 localities distributed in 13 states, mainly in the central and southern portion of Mexico, with an altitudinal range between 0-200 up to 2000-2500 meters above sea level, indicating a mostly tropical distribution of this species. 2022 artículo científico 1405-3322 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94375432001 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/94375432001.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/movil https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2022v74n2a070322 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=943 Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana application/pdf Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (México) Num.2 Vol.74
format Artículo científico
id redalyc_94375432001
institution Redalyc
language en
publishDate 2022
publisher Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C.
spellingShingle A new specimen of Eremotherium laurillardi (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Chiapas, and comments about the distribution of the species in Mexico
Gerardo Carbot-Chanona
Ciencias de la Tierra
Folivora
Late Pleistocene
paleobiogeography
Giant ground sloth
A new specimen of Eremotherium laurillardi (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Chiapas, and comments about the distribution of the species in Mexico Gerardo Carbot-Chanona Luis Enrique Gómez-Pérez Marco Antonio Coutiño-José Ciencias de la Tierra Folivora Late Pleistocene paleobiogeography Giant ground sloth Eremotherium laurillardiwas a common giant ground sloth in the Late Pleistocene of the Americas. A right femur referable to this species was recovered from fluvial sediments in Constitución 27 colony, Socoltenango municipality, in the southern State of Chiapas, Mexico. The femur shows the morphological characteristics ofE. laurillardi, such as: large size; rectangular shape, it is dorsoventrally flattened; lateral and medial margin rectilinear and parallel, and patellar trochlea transversely elongated with the medial margin in the sagittal plane of the femur. The record from Constitución 27 town, adds a new locality forE. laurillardiin Mexico, which adds to the previously known seven localities with remains of this species in Chiapas. In Mexico,E. laurillardiis present in 31 localities distributed in 13 states, mainly in the central and southern portion of Mexico, with an altitudinal range between 0-200 up to 2000-2500 meters above sea level, indicating a mostly tropical distribution of this species. 2022 artículo científico 1405-3322 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94375432001 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/94375432001.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/movil https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2022v74n2a070322 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=943 Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana application/pdf Sociedad Geológica Mexicana, A.C. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana (México) Num.2 Vol.74
title A new specimen of Eremotherium laurillardi (Xenarthra, Megatheriidae) from the Late Pleistocene of Chiapas, and comments about the distribution of the species in Mexico
topic Ciencias de la Tierra
Folivora
Late Pleistocene
paleobiogeography
Giant ground sloth
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=94375432001
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/html/
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/94375432001.epub
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/943/94375432001/movil
https://doi.org/10.18268/BSGM2022v74n2a070322