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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Merychippus gunteri Simpson 1930 horse |