Also known as CIT 281, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, UALP Y18, Y23, Y24, Y25, Y29, Y30
Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (28.5° N, 107.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 106.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1984. Late Cenozoic Mammals from Northwestern Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):208-215 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18734: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
about 15 km from Yepomera, but previous authors included these sites in the Yepomera fauna
Mammalia | |
Spermophilus matachicensis n. sp. Wilson 1949 ground squirrel see Wilson 1949e: from CIT 299, Arroyo de los Pinos
Parapaenemarmota pattersoni Wilson 1949 squirrel | |
"Agriotherium cf. schneideri" = Huracan schneideri
"Agriotherium cf. schneideri" = Huracan schneideri Sellards 1916 bear | |
Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Astrohippus cf. stockii Lance 1950 horse
Dinohippus mexicanus Lance 1950 horse | |
Hexobelomeryx fricki Furlong 1941 pronghorn |