Candelaria (TMM 40497) (Eocene of the United States)

Where: Presidio County, Texas (29.9° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 94.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Colmena Tuff Formation, Uintan (46.2 - 39.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: A. -M. Forsten. 1971.  Comparison of populations of Mesophippus from Trans-Pecos Texas and the Big Badlands, South Dakota. Pearce-Sellards Series 18 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 16536: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994

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Taxonomic list

• "lower 50 ft. Colmena Tuff Formation": Forsten 1971a
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Epihippus cf. gracilis Marsh 1871 horse
 Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae
Protoreodon pumilus Marsh 1875 agriochoerid