Discovery of a Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage in a cave in Sierra de El Abra, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

The Calera cave system in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, with a large Pleistocene megafaunal assemblage is described. Hundreds of fossil bones have been found throughout the 1324 m of mapped galleries. The fossils are well preserved resulting from partial permineralization by manganese oxide. A prelimina...

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Main Authors: Ramón Espinasa-Pereña, Sofía Espinasa-Diamant, Ruth Diamant, Gregory H. McDonald, José Antonio Soriano, Luis Espinasa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2024-12-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas
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Online Access:https://rmcg.unam.mx/index.php/rmcg/article/view/1828
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