Oscar Carranza-Castañeda and Wade E. Miller report that remains of Euceratherium collinum and Bison antiquus have been discovered in Mexico from the Pleistocene period.

Date
Sep 16, 1987
Type
Academic / Technical Report
Source
Oscar Carranza-Castañeda
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Oscar Carranza-Castañeda and Wade E. Miller, "Rediscovered Type Specimens and Other Important Published Pleistocene Mammalian Fossils from Central Mexico," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7, no. 3 (Sep. 16, 1987): 335–341

Scribe/Publisher
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
People
Wade E. Miller, Oscar Carranza-Castañeda
Audience
Reading Public
Transcription

Four type specimens and three other important fossils, all mammalian, which were apparently lost to science, have recently been rediscovered in an old building located in Mexico City. Recovered types include Glyptodon mexicano, Mastodon oligobunis, Equus conversidens, and Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus. The three important nontypes are a lower jaw of Arctodus simus, a partial skull of Euceratherium collinum, and a partial skull of Bison antiquus. All the specimens have been recataloged and are now in the Museum of Paleontology, Institute of Geology, at the University of Mexico.

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