Diamond Mountain (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as TAM 40; R. R. McPherson Land; Iron Mound

Where: Montgomery County, Texas (30.1° N, 95.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 92.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Hesse. 1943. A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26:157-179 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18620: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
two size classes
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
? Prosynthetoceras sp. Frick 1937 protoceratid
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Merychippus perditus" = Protohippus perditus, "Merychippus francisi" = Calippus proplacidus, Hipparionini indet., Merychippus gunteri
"Merychippus perditus" = Protohippus perditus Leidy 1858 horse
confirmed by Hulbert 1988a: "Merychippus circulus" of Forsten 1975
"Merychippus francisi" = Calippus proplacidus Osborn 1918 horse
"C. francisi" of Forsten 1975
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
Merychippus gunteri Simpson 1930 horse