Rancho Lobo (Neogene of Honduras)

Where: Honduras (14.6° N, 88.5° W: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 87.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Gracias Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. C. Olson and P. O. McGrew. 1941. Mammalian fauna from the Pliocene of Honduras. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 52:1219-1244 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18739: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Grace Varnham

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 62
"cervid indet.": Webb and Perrigo 1984 include this in a discussion of Pseudoceras skinneri, but 1) locality data in Olson and McGrew are contradictory, and 2) there is no evidence that this particular specimen is determinate
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Rhynchotherium cf. blicki1 Frick 1933 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus secundus4 VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Procamelus cf. grandis4 Gregory 1939 camel
Protolabis cf. heterodontus4 Cope 1874 camel
one new specimen
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Calippus hondurensis1 Olson and McGrew 1941 horse
"Hippotherium ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum2 Leidy 1885 hipparionine horse
Cormohipparion plicatile3 Leidy 1887 hipparionine horse