Zietla (Blancan) ( of Mexico)

Where: Hidalgo, Mexico (20.7° N, 98.6° W: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 98.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: O. Carranza-Castaneda and W. E. Miller. 1993. Hemphillian and Blancan equids from Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):29A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 20079: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Tennant, Jonathan Marcot and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

• may include some elements of the Hemphillian Tehuichila fauna (see)
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.3 Laurenti 1768 crocodile
 Testudines - Emydidae
Trachemys sp.3 Agassiz 1857 slider
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp.3 von Spix 1824 mud turtle
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Phrynosoma sp.3 Wiegmann 1828 horned lizard
Sceloporus sp.3 Wiegmann 1828 spiny lizard
Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp.1 Harlan 1825 edentate
? Pliometanastes sp.1 Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 edentate
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.1 Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri1
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri1 Sellards 1916 bear
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Dinohippus interpolatus2 Cope 1893 horse
"Calippus (Grammohippus) castilli" = Calippus hondurensis2 Olson and McGrew 1941 horse
Neohipparion eurystyle1 Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Nannippus peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
may or may not include type of "N. montezuma"
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger1 Cope 1878 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"? Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus1, ? Prosthennops sp.1
"? Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus1 Dalquest and Mooser 1980 peccary
? Prosthennops sp.1 Matthew and Gidley 1904 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Hexobelomeryx fricki1 Furlong 1941 pronghorn