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TABLE 1. Megafauna and fossil pollen taxa identified in the locality Las Tazas.

Mammals Pollen
Order Family Species Order Family Genus
Xenarthra Pampatheriidae Pampatherium mexicanum  Pinales Pinaceae Pinus
Perissodactyla Equidae Equus conversidens, Equus sp. Fagales Fagaceae Quercus
Artiodactyla Bovidae Bison sp.      
  Camelidae Camelops hesternus      
Proboscidea Elephantidae Mammuthus columbi      

 

 

TABLE 2. M2 and M3 measurements in fossil Equus conversidens found in Las Tazas locality (BUAPAL) compared with other species of Equus and Haringtonhippus reported in Mexico by Priego-Vargas et al. (2017). All measurements are in millimeters.

Species Anteroposterior length Transverse width
Mean Min-Max N Mean Min-Max N
M2      
BUAPAL 773 -- 24.6 1 -- 23.81 1
E. mexicanus 29.65 26.35-31.50 6 28.18 25.80-31.40 6
E. conversidens 22.75 20.50-25.80 32 22.54 19.79-24.20 32
H. francisci 19.55 18.10-20.50 4 18.28 16.37-20.00 4
M3
BUAPAL 774 -- 24.33 1 -- 19.31 1
E. mexicanus 31.35 27.5-36.33 6 24.89 23.30-27.80 6
E. conversidens 23.85 21.50-27.45 32 19.51 17.10-23.70 32
H. francisci 22.45 21.60-23.05 3 15.53 14.00-17.30 3

 

TABLE 3. Measurements of the p2-p4 premolars of Equus spp. and the sum of their means (taken from Table 3, Priego-Vargas et al., 2017).

Species Anteroposterior length of pm 2-3
M2 Mean Min-Max N
BUAPAL 773 -- 100.00 1
E. mexicanus 101.1 94.90-105.00 13
E. conversidens 84.0 77.30-91.40 18
H. francisci 71.7 70.10-71.70 4

 

TABLE 4. Cranial measurements comparison between the fossil material from Las Tazas, Valsequillo (BUAPAL) and the Bison species reported by McDonald (1981) and Skinner and Kaisen (1947). LTPP = total length of the horn cores from end to end, DVCC = vertical diameter of the horn cores and their circumference, LRC = relative length of the horn core, ACO = width between the occipital condyles. All measurements are in millimeters.

Species LTPP DVCC LRC
Min-Max N Min-Max N Min-Max N
BUAPAL 755 700 1 100 1 200 1
B. antiquus 765-1067 27 81-126 27 203-364 27
B. occidentalis 626-1055 77 70-114 85 186-392 86
B. bison 510-778 128 69-99 139 124-270 134
B. latifrons 1445-2235 19 107-178 34 551-1090 25
B. athabascae 542-848 9 81-106 9 165-323 9
B. priscus 751-1064 23 84-116 52 285-416 36
B. alaskensis 800-1540 25 100-153 49 426-795 36

 

TABLE 5. Metacarpal measurements comparison between the fossil material from Las Tazas, Valsequillo (BUAPAL) and the Bison species reported by McDonald (1981) and Skinner and Kaisen (1947). L = total length of bone, AP = Antero-posterior minimum of diaphysis, TRtr = Transverse minimum of diaphysis. All measurements are in millimeters.

Species L AP TRtr
Min-Max N Min-Max N Min-Max N
BUAPAL 207 1 27 1 44 1
B. antiquus 211-238 28 28-33 28 47-61 28
B. occidentalis 248-300 150 29-38 161 32-48 156
B. bison 232-276 118 27-34 115 30-34 115
B. latifrons 270-281 3 32-34 3 38-41 3
B. athabascae 256-279 4 30-35 5 34-39 5

 

TABLE 6. Calcaneal measurements comparison between the fossil material from Las Tazas, Valsequillo (BUAPAL) and the Camelidae species reported by Guérin and Faure (1999) measurements are in millimeters.

Species Maximun length Maximun
anteroposterior
length
Tuber
transverse
width
Tuber
anteroposterior
width
Min-Max N Min-Max N Min-Max N Min-Max N
BUAP 757 168 1 67 1 35 1 54 1
C. hesternus 157.0-170.0 13 65.0-76.7 13 40.5-53.2 13 56.4-65.3 13
H. cf. H. macrocephala 122.6-125.6 12 52.3-53.7 12 -- -- -- --
Palaeolama major 103.0-116.5 12 30.5-35.5 4 24.5-28.0 7 33.0-39.5 7