Tequixquiac (Pliocene of Mexico)
Where: México, Mexico (19.9° N, 99.1° W: paleocoordinates 20.0° N, 98.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. D. Cope. 1884. The extinct Mammalia of the Valley of Mexico. Paleontological Bulletin 39:1-21 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 163820: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 14.11.2014, edited by Juan Carrillo
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Dibelodon tropicus n. sp." = Cuvieronius tropicus, "Dibelodon shepardi" = Mastodon shepardii
"Dibelodon tropicus n. sp." = Cuvieronius tropicus Cope 1884 gomphothere
"Dibelodon shepardi" = Mastodon shepardii Leidy 1870 gomphothere | |
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth | |
Equus excelsus, "Equus barcenaei n. sp." = Equus conversidens, "Equus tau" = Plesippus simplicidens, "Equus crenidens n. sp." = Equus (Plesippus) crenidens
"Equus tau" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
"Equus crenidens n. sp." = Equus (Plesippus) crenidens Cope 1884 horse | |
Eschatius conidens n. gen. n. sp., "Holomeniscus hesternus" = Camelops hesternus
Eschatius conidens n. gen. n. sp. Cope 1884 camel
"Holomeniscus hesternus" = Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
"Bos latifrons" = Bison latifrons
"Bos latifrons" = Bison latifrons Harlan 1825 bison | |
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Platygonus ? compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |