Swiss Alp (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as TMM 31246
Where: Fayette County, Texas (29.8° N, 96.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 93.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the TMM
Primary reference: D. R. Prothero and E. M. Manning. 1987. Miocene rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 61(2):388-423 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18661: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Teleoceras meridianum Leidy 1865 rhinoceros
Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning 1987 rhinoceros
Aphelops megalodus Cope 1873 rhinoceros |