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)
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Mammalia
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp.1, ? Pliometanastes sp.1
Megalonyx sp.1 Harlan 1825 edentate
? Pliometanastes sp.1 Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 edentate
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri1
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri1 Sellards 1916 bear
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion eurystyle1, Nannippus peninsulatus, Equus sp., Dinohippus interpolatus2, "Calippus (Grammohippus) castilli" = Calippus hondurensis2
Neohipparion eurystyle1 Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Nannippus peninsulatus Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
may or may not include type of "N. montezuma"
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
Dinohippus interpolatus2 Cope 1893 horse
"Calippus (Grammohippus) castilli" = Calippus hondurensis2 Olson and McGrew 1941 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger1
Teleoceras fossiger1 Cope 1878 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Hexobelomeryx fricki1
? Hexobelomeryx fricki1 Furlong 1941 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
? Prosthennops sp.1, "? Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus1
? Prosthennops sp.1 Matthew and Gidley 1904 peccary
"? Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus1 Dalquest and Mooser 1980 peccary
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.1
Gomphotheriidae indet.1 Hay 1922 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon sp.3
Kinosternon sp.3 von Spix 1824 mud turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Trachemys sp.3
Trachemys sp.3 Agassiz 1857 slider
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Sceloporus sp.3, Phrynosoma sp.3
Sceloporus sp.3 Wiegmann 1828 spiny lizard
Phrynosoma sp.3 Wiegmann 1828 horned lizard
 Crocodylia - Crocodylidae
Crocodylus sp.3
Crocodylus sp.3 Laurenti 1768 crocodile
1Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013; 2Carranza-Castaneda and Espinosa-Arrubarrena 1994; 3Reynoso 2006