Red Light (TMM 40855) ( of the United States)

Where: Hudspeth County, Texas (31.5° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 104.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Love Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: W. A. Akersten. 1972. Red Light Local Fauna (Blancan) Of The Love Formation, Southeastern Hudspeth County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 20:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 20051: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon sp.
Paramylodon sp. Brown 1903 edentate
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea sp.
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839 badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon galushai2
Urocyon galushai2 Tedford et al. 2009 gray fox
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus, "Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens
Nannippus peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
"Equus cf. simplicidens" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp.1
Hemiauchenia sp.1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Capromeryx sp.
? Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
1Alroy 2002; 2Tedford et al. 2009