Castolon (TMM 40635) ( of the United States)

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.2° N, 103.2° W: paleocoordinates 30.1° N, 98.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Delaho Formation), Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: M. S. Stevens, J. B. Stevens, and M. R. Dawson. 1969. New Early Miocene Formation and Vertebrate Local Fauna, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas. Pearce-Sellards Series 15:1-15 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17768: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NISP 49+
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Heloderma texana n. sp.2 Stevens 1977 beaded lizard
 Testudines - Testudinidae
? Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
40635-33
Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Similisciurus maxwelli n. sp.2 Stevens 1977 squirrel
 Rodentia - Entoptychidae
Gregorymys riograndensis n. sp.2 Stevens 1977 rodent
 Rodentia -
Geomyoidea indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Archaeolagus cf. acaricolus Dawson 1958 rabbit
Archaeolagus buangulus Stevens et al. 1969 rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
? Brachyerix hibbardi n. sp.2 Stevens 1977 hedgehog
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
? Megalictis sp.1 Matthew 1907 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
40635-67
? Phlaocyon cf. annectens2 Peterson 1907 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Hypsiops leptoscelos n. sp." = Ustatochoerus leptoscelos
"Hypsiops leptoscelos n. sp." = Ustatochoerus leptoscelos Stevens et al. 1969 oreodont
(7+1)
 Artiodactyla -
Delahomeryx browni Stevens et al. 1969 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Nanotragulus ordinatus2 Matthew 1907 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
small
Priscocamelus wilsoni Stevens et al. 1969 camel
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotherium sp.2 Cope 1873 marsupial