La Hacienda (Neogene of Mexico)

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
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Calomys indet. Waterhouse 1837 vesper mouse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger Cope 1878 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Dinohippus mexicanus Lance 1950 horse
Astrohippus stockii Lance 1950 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus Dalquest and Mooser 1980 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979 camel
Megatylopus matthewi Webb 1965 camel
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
 Carnivora - Felidae
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri Sellards 1916 bear
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis ferox" = Eucyon ferox Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998 canine
Borophagus secundus VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825 edentate
Zacatzontli tecolotlanensis n. gen. n. sp. McDonald and Carranza-CastaƱeda 2017 edentate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Rhynchotherium cf. falconeri Osborn 1923 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768 crocodile