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

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras meridianum Leidy 1865 rhinoceros
Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning 1987 rhinoceros
Aphelops megalodus Cope 1873 rhinoceros