TMM 40081, GC & SF Railway milepost 128c N of Brenham (Miocene to of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Texas (30.1° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 92.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Hemingfordian to Hemingfordian (20.4 - 12.5 Ma)

• age from ForstĂ©n 1975 from Merychippus gunteri, which has range from Middle Hemingfordian to Middle Barstovian of Texas Gulf Coastal Plain

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: A. -M. Forsten. 1975. The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision . Pearce-Sellards Series 22:1-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18691: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus gunteri Simpson 1930 horse