Castolon (TMM 41461) ( of the United States)

Also known as Southeast side of Castolon Peak

Where: Brewster County, Texas (29.1° N, 103.5° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 98.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Delaho Formation), Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: M. S. Stevens. 1977. Further study of Castolon Local Fauna (Early Miocene), Big Bend National Park, Texas. The Pearce-Sellards Series 28:1-69 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 178059: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.04.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• NISP 7
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"? Phenacocoelus leptoscelos" = Ustatochoerus leptoscelos
"? Phenacocoelus leptoscelos" = Ustatochoerus leptoscelos Stevens et al. 1969 oreodont
TMM 41461-1