Also known as UCMP V99089
Where: Chiapas, Mexico (17.2° N, 92.6° W: paleocoordinates 17.8° N, 89.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Balumtum Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• single specimen
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: apparently the only vertebrate present
Primary reference: S. D. Webb, B. L. Beatty, and G. Poinar, Jr. 2003. New evidence of Miocene Protoceratidae including a new species from Chiapas, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:348-367 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 35575: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.12.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Paratoceras tedfordi n. sp.
Paratoceras tedfordi n. sp. Webb et al. 2003 protoceratid |