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Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana
Print version ISSN 1405-3322
Abstract
CRUZ, J. Alberto; ARROYO-CABRALES, Joaquín and VINAS-VALLVERDU, Ramón. Late Pleistocene fossil tortoises of Santiago Chazumba, Oaxaca. Bol. Soc. Geol. Mex [online]. 2009, vol.61, n.2, pp.225-232. ISSN 1405-3322.
The Paleoherpetological Pleistocene fauna record for Mexico is composed by 37 genera and 58 species recorded for 27 different localities; in the case of the reptiles, turtles are the most abundant group. In this paper, we report and describe the bones of Gopherus and Kinosternon aff. K. hirtipes/K. integrum from the municipality of Santiago Chazumba, Oaxaca. The finding of those taxa for the Oaxacan Pleistocene suggest xerophilous scrub environment such the one found today in the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, but with lower rainfall and higher temperatures, conditions similar to those prevailing in northern México.
Keywords : Distribution; Gopherus; Kinosternon; Pleistocene; Oaxaca.