Diamond Mountain (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as TAM 40; R. R. McPherson Land; Iron Mound
Where: Montgomery County, Texas (30.1° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 92.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. J. Hesse. 1943. A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26:157-179 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18620: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Merychippus gunteri, Hipparionini indet., "Merychippus perditus" = Protohippus perditus, "Merychippus francisi" = Calippus proplacidus
Merychippus gunteri Simpson 1930 horse
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
"Merychippus perditus" = Protohippus perditus Leidy 1858 horse confirmed by Hulbert 1988a: "Merychippus circulus" of Forsten 1975
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Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate | |
? Prosynthetoceras sp. Frick 1937 protoceratid | |
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