Ma ke awakea puna i nā makahiki he mau makahiki i hala aku nei, e hele wāwae ana nā holoholona ʻelua ma nā ʻāina Jalisco, hoʻokahi no kona nui, ʻo ka gonfoterio; kekahi, ma muli o ke ʻano o kāna canine, ka niho saber. ʻIke ʻia nā mea ʻelua i ke kūkulu ʻepekema o kā lākou mau mōʻalihaku, i ʻae ai iā mākou e ʻike i ko lākou ʻano.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa nā Dinosaur ma nā ʻāina ʻo Jalisco, akā ʻaʻole kipaku ʻia kēlā ʻike. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, i kēia ʻāpana o ka ʻāina, i hōʻike ʻia e kona lepo lua pele a i uhi ʻia e ka wai no nā makahiki he mau kaukukū, ua nui nā koena o nā māmala.
ʻO ka ʻenekini ʻo Federico A. Solórzano, ka mea i hoʻolaʻa i kona ola i ke aʻo ʻana i nā mōʻalihaku, ua huakaʻi ʻo ia i ka mea, ma ke ʻano he amateur, a laila ma ke ʻano he haumana, a ma hope ma ke ʻano he mea noiʻi a kumu e ʻike i nā koena paleobiota o kēia wahi komohana o Mexico. Manaʻo ʻole ʻaʻole mālama ʻia ka ʻike, akā e kaʻana like ʻia, ua hāʻawi ka mea noiʻi Mekiko kaulana i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻāpana i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i ke kapikala o Jalisco no ke aʻo a me ka hōʻike. Hōʻike ʻia kahi ʻāpana liʻiliʻi wale nō o kēia hōʻiliʻili i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o Guadalajara o Paleontology, ʻoiai ke nānā ʻia nei ke koena e nā loea a ke kali nei i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka pūnaewele e hōʻike ʻia i ka lehulehu.
Kinship me ka ʻelepani
Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi emi o ka pae wai ma Lake Chapala, i ʻApelila 2000, nā iwi o kahi holoholona nunui a pīhoihoi hoʻi: he gomphoteric, tropical a subtropical species of mammoth.
He mea nui ka hōʻike ʻana no ka mea ʻo ka hapa nui o ka manawa aia kekahi a i ʻole iwi ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ma ia hanana ua aneane 90% o ka iwi iwi i loaʻa. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia ia mai kahi no ka loiloi, a ma hope o kahi kaʻina lohi, ua hui hou nā mea noiʻi a i kēia lā e noho ana ia i kekahi o nā wahi nui o kēia hale hōʻikeʻike ma Guadalajara. Ma muli o nā ʻāpana hiki ke hoʻoholo he kāne ia, nona nā makahiki i ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 mau makahiki.
Ua noho kēia holoholona nui ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau i ka wā o ke Tertiary a me ka Quaternary. Ua manaʻo ʻia hiki ke kau ʻia a i ʻehā mau tona. ʻO kāna mau pale ʻelua ma luna - pololei a me ka ʻole o ka paʻa enamel - ʻike kuhihewa ʻia he ʻāʻī; Kū lākou i ka maxilla a i kekahi manawa i ka mandible. ʻO ke kūlana cranial o ka gonfoterio kiʻekiʻe e like me nā ʻelepani o kēia manawa. Ua ʻike ʻia kona lōʻihi e like me ke ʻano o ke kanaka a hiki ke hala i 70 mau makahiki ma ka awelika. He lāʻau ulu lāʻau ia i molara pono e ʻoki a haki i nā lālā, nā lau a me nā koʻokoʻo.
ʻĀina pahi ʻole
I ka makahiki 2006 ua hele mai kahi mea hou i kēia hale hōʻikeʻike, kahi hana kope o ka tiger niho saber. ʻIke ʻia ʻo kēia feline nui ka mea pinepine i ka noho o Zacoalco, Jalisco. Noho maoli ia i ka ʻāina āpau i ka wā o ka Pleistocene.
Ua hoʻi mai nā lunamakaʻāinana mua o ka genus 2.5 miliona mau makahiki a ʻo ka mea hope loa 10,000 mau makahiki i hala. i ka hopena o ke au hau i hala. ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻia kona mau niho canine (ʻūlū a hoʻolālā ʻia i mua) e pepehi i ka mea pio, akā e ʻokiʻoki iā ia i loko o ka ʻōpū a hiki ke ʻai i kāna viscera. ʻO ke kekelē o ka wehe ʻana o ko lākou iwi ʻo 90 a me 95 kekelē, ʻoiai ʻo nā pōpoki o kēia wā ma waena o 65 a me 70 kekelē. Kaupaona ʻia ma kahi o 400 mau kilokika a ma muli o kona nui ua liʻiliʻi iki ia ma mua o nā liona o kēia lā. Me ka ʻāʻī ikaika, ʻoʻoleʻa hoʻi a liʻiliʻi, he ʻāpana pōkole kona, no laila manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole kūpono ia no ka ʻimi ʻana, akā mākaukau no ka hoʻohālua.
Aia he ʻekolu mau ʻano o ka tiger niho kīkaha: Smilodon gracilis, kahi i noho i nā wahi o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa; ʻO Smilodon populator, ma ʻAmelika Hema, a ʻo Smilodon fatalis, kahi i noho ma ʻAmelika komohana. ʻO ka hana kope i hiki ke ʻike ʻia i kēia manawa ma Guadalajara no ka hope.
Hoʻohui ʻia, loaʻa i kēia hale hōʻikeʻike nā wahi hoihoi ʻē aʻe e like me nā hālāwai aʻo a me nā huakaʻi alakaʻi e hoʻomaopopo ai i ke kaiapuni i noho i miliona mau makahiki i hala ma kēia ʻāpana o ka ʻāina.
Puna: Un Mexico Mexico No. 369 / Nowemapa 2007.
