Landa de Matamoros (Neogene of Mexico)

Where: Queretaro, Mexico (21.2° N, 99.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° N, 97.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• said to be Hemphillian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: O. Carranza-Castaneda, W. E. Miller, and B. J. Kowallis. 1998. New vertebrate faunas from the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, central Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):31A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 18729: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
cf. Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Hexobelomeryx sp. Furlong 1941 pronghorn