A FOSSIL SLOTH SKELETON FROM A CAVE IN QUERETARO, MEXICO
Por:
Espinasa L., Espinasa-Pereña R., Espinasa-Diamant S., Diamant R.
Publicada:
1 ene 2025
Resumen:
© 2025 National Speleological Society Inc.. All rights reserved.Over thousands of years, a pit within Cueva del Tesoro in Queretaro, Mexico, has functioned as a death trap for mammals. This has resulted in the accumulation of mammalian fossils. At the bottom of this pit there is an almost complete and articulated skeleton of a ground sloth (Xenarthra, Folivora, Nothrotheriidae), Nothrotheriops shastensis. Remains of other animals include partial remains of at least a second ground sloth, a bovid, and bats. Given the extreme fragility and brittle nature of the remains, no attempt was made to extract or excavate them. Here we report our results mainly through photographic documentation in situ, with particular emphasis on dentary elements.
Filiaciones:
School of Science, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
Sociedad Mexicana de Exploraciones Subterráneas, México
Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM, Mexico
Lab. de Óptica Cuántica, Depto. de Física, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, México
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