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Class Mammalia
Order Proboscidea
Family Gomphotheriidae

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Cuvieronius sp.— Cuvier's GomphotherePleistocene distribution of Cuvieronius sp.

The El Fin Del Mundo record is the latest known occurrence in North America and was associated with artifacts of the Clovis culture (Sanchez et al. 2014).

Sites.

Irvingtonian: El Golfo (Croxen et al. 2007); Western Mobile Gravel Pit (Morgan and Harris 2015).

Rancholabrean: Areniscas (White et al. 2010); Oquitoa (White et al. 2010); Térapa (White et al. 2010).

Literature.

Croxen et al. 2007; Morgan and Harris 2015; Sanchez et al. 2014; White et al. 2010.

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Cuvieronius hyodon (Fischer 1814)—Cuvier's GomphotherePleistocene distribution of Cuvieronius hyodon

Cuvieronius is described (Kurtén and Anderson 1980) as having a spiral enamel band on the tusks, molars with secondary trefoils, no cement, and without obliquity to the molar lophs.

Listed in earlier works as Cuvieronius tropicus (e.g., Morgan and Lucas 2005), specimens from the sites below are now considered to be C. hyodon (Morgan and Harris 2015).

In September 2010, Diana M. Alba of the Las Cruces Sun-News reported in the El Paso Times (19 September, p. 5B) the discovery of the skull of Cuvieronius in a "dirt mining pit near Mesquite", New Mexico. According to the account, the owner of the property, Eddie Binns, turned the specimen over to New Mexico State University. The skull apparently was damaged badly during removal. A photograph of the skull in situ accompanied the article. In view of the lack of further documentation, the occurrence is not given a site account nor listed below in the records of occurrence.

Palate of Cuvieronius sp., NMSU 79.1.12

Fig. 1. Posterior palate of Cuvieronius hyodon, anterior to top. Drawing of a different New Mexico State University specimen (79.1.12.)

Sites.

Late Blancan: La Union (Morgan and Lucas 2003);

Irvingtonian: Inman Gravel Pit (Morgan and Lucas 2005);

Early Irvingtonian: Domingo (Morgan and Lucas 2005); Adobe Ranch (Morgan and Lucas 2003); Tortugas Mountain Gravel Pit (Morgan and Lucas 2005).

Literature. Kurtén and Anderson 1980; Morgan and Harris 2015; Morgan and Lucas 2003, 2005.


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Last Update: 3 Feb 2016