ARTÍCULO

A Gomphothere from Lake Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México

Robles-Camacho Jasinto, Corona-Chávez Pedro, Morales-Gámez Miguel, Guzmán Ana Fabiola, Domínguez-Vázquez Gabriela, Israde-Alcántara Isabel, and Oliveros-Morales Arturo
Paleoenvironments: Vertebrates and Invertebrates, CRP 26, 2009, 172-174, 2009.

ABSTRACT:

On 23 June 2008, a gomphothere mandible and other fossil remains were recovered from Barranca Rancho Viejo (BRV), located 3.5 km southwest of the town of Tzintzuntzan, Michoacán, Mexico, near Lake Pátzcuaro. Pliocene and Pleistocene mammal fossils are known from other central lake basins of the Transmexican Volcanic Belt (lakes Zacapu, Cuitzeo, Chapala, Zumpango and Mexico), but the present is the first known report for Lake Pátzcuaro. The finding provides key information about the Quaternary mammalian fauna in the area and the paleoenvironment it inhabited.