Also known as Jal Teco 20; Jalisco
Where: Jalisco, Mexico (20.1° N, 104.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.5° N, 102.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified mudstone and poorly lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-CastaƱeda. 2017. Increased xenarthran diversity of the Great American Biotic Interchange: a new genus and species of ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) from the Hemphillian (late Miocene) of Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 91(5):1069-1082 [M. Uhen/J. Bryant/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 189788: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jeffrey Bryant on 13.11.2017, edited by Philip Mannion
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Calomys indet. Waterhouse 1837 vesper mouse | |
Teleoceras fossiger Cope 1878 rhinoceros | |
Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Dinohippus mexicanus Lance 1950 horse
Astrohippus stockii Lance 1950 horse | |
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus Dalquest and Mooser 1980 peccary | |
Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979 camel
Megatylopus matthewi Webb 1965 camel
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel | |
Hexobelomeryx frickii pronghorn | |
? Pseudaelurus intrepidus Leidy 1858 cat | |
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri Sellards 1916 bear | |
"Canis ferox" = Eucyon ferox, Borophagus secundus
"Canis ferox" = Eucyon ferox Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998 canine
Borophagus secundus VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog | |
Megalonyx sp., Zacatzontli tecolotlanensis n. gen. n. sp.
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
Zacatzontli tecolotlanensis n. gen. n. sp. McDonald and Carranza-CastaƱeda 2017 edentate | |
Rhynchotherium cf. falconeri Osborn 1923 gomphothere | |
Reptilia | |
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake | |
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile |