La Hacienda : Hemphillian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Serpentes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Zacatzontli tecolotlanensis n. gen., n. sp. McDonald and Carranza-Castañeda 2017
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Rhynchotherium cf. falconeri Osborn 1923
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium schneideri Sellards 1916
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
recombined as Huracan schneideri
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus secundus VanderHoof 1931
recombined as Eucyon ferox
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
? Pseudaelurus intrepidus (Leidy 1858)
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion eurystyle (Cope 1893)
Astrohippus stockii (Lance 1950)
original and current combination Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii
Dinohippus mexicanus (Lance 1950)
original and current combination Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger (Cope 1878)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Catagonus brachydontus (Dalquest and Mooser 1980)
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
recombined as Protherohyus brachydontus
Mammalia - Camelidae
Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Hemiauchenia vera (Matthew 1909)
recombined as Pleiolama vera
Megatylopus matthewi Webb 1965
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Hexobelomeryx frickii
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Calomys indet. (Waterhouse 1837)
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Jalisco
Coordinates: 20.1° North, 104.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.5° North, 102.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified mudstone
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified siltstone
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Jal Teco 20; Jalisco
Database number:189788
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Bryant, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-11-13 22:19:47 Last modified:2020-08-11 09:11:13
Access level:the public Released:2017-11-13 22:19:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63794. H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-Castañeda. 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]

Secondary references:

51759 O. Carranza-Castaneda, J. J. Aranda-Gómez, X. Wang and A. Iriondo. 2013. The Early-Late Hemphillian (Hh2) Faunal Assemblage From Juchipila Basin, State of Zacatecas, Mexico, and Its Biochronologic Correlation with Other Hemphillian Faunas in Central Mexico. Contributions to Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 521:13-49 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/P. Mannion]