Zietla (Blancan): Blancan, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger (Cope 1878)
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus (Cope 1885)
may or may not include type of "N. montezuma"
Neohipparion eurystyle (Cope 1893)
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dinohippus interpolatus (Cope 1893)
Carranza-Castaneda and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1994
Calippus (Grammohippus) castilli (Cope 1886)
Carranza-Castaneda and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1994
synonym of Calippus hondurensis
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
? Catagonus brachydontus (Dalquest and Mooser 1980)
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
recombined as Protherohyus brachydontus
? Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
? Hexobelomeryx fricki Furlong 1941
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium schneideri Sellards 1916
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
recombined as Huracan schneideri
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
? Pliometanastes sp. Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp. von Spix 1824
Reynoso 2006
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Trachemys sp. Agassiz 1857
Reynoso 2006
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Phrynosoma sp. Wiegmann 1828
Reynoso 2006
Sceloporus sp. Wiegmann 1828
Reynoso 2006
Reptilia
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Reynoso 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Hidalgo
Coordinates: 20.7° North, 98.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.8° North, 98.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:may include some elements of the Hemphillian Tehuichila fauna (see)
Metadata
Database number:20079
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, P. Mannion, J. Marcot, J. Tennant
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6213. 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]

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]
51407 O. Carranza-Castaneda and L. Espinosa-Arrubarrena. 1994. Late Tertiary equids from the state of Hidalgo, Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 11(2):182-192 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
46663 V.-H. Reynoso. 2006. Research on fossil amphibians and reptiles in Mexico, from 1869 to early 2004 (including marine forms but excluding pterosaurs, dinosaurs, and obviously, birds). In F. J. Vega, T. G. Nyborg, M. Del Carmen Perrilliat, M. Montellano-Ballesteros, S. R. S. Cevallos-Ferriz, S. A. Quiroz-Barroso (eds.), Studies on Mexican Paleontology 24:209-231 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant]