Candelaria (TMM 40498) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Presidio County, Texas (29.9° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 94.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: lower sorted facies Member (Colmena Tuff Formation), Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1977. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Trans-Pecos Texas. Part I: Vieja Area. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 25:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 16537: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994

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Taxonomic list

• lower 50 ft of unit
Mammalia
 Acreodi - Mesonychidae
Harpagolestes cf. uintensis2 Scott 1888 condylarth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Epihippus cf. gracilis1 Marsh 1871 horse
 Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae
Metamynodon cf. mckinneyi4 Wilson and Schiebout 1981 odd-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon petersoni3 Gazin 1955 agriochoerid
 Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
"Leptotomus leptodus" = Paramys leptodus
"Leptotomus leptodus" = Paramys leptodus Cope 1873 rodent
see Wood 1974