Coecillos: Hemphillian, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Subantilocapra sp.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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? Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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Rhynchotherium sp.
Falconer 1868
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
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Lagomorpha indet.
Brandt 1885
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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? Agriotherium schneideri
Sellards 1916
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| recombined as Huracan schneideri | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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? Taxidea sp.
Waterhouse 1839
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Conepatus sanmiguelensis n. sp.
Wang and Carranza-Castaneda 2008
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| MPGJ 272 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis ferox
Miller and Carranza-Castaneda 1998
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| recombined as Eucyon ferox | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Texoceros sp.
Frick 1937
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Hexobelomeryx sp.
Furlong 1941
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= Hexobelomeryx fricki
Furlong 1941
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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? Kyptoceras sp.
Webb 1981
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus sp.
Leconte 1848
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Catagonus brachydontus
(Dalquest and Mooser 1980)
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| recombined as Protherohyus brachydontus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Megatylopus matthewi
Webb 1965
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? Alforjas sp.
Harrison 1979
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Hemiauchenia vera
(Matthew 1909)
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| recombined as Pleiolama vera | ||||||||||
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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? Hemiauchenia gracilis
Meachen 2005
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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= Equini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Dinohippus sp.
Quinn 1955
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= Dinohippus mexicanus
Lance 1950
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| original and current combination Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
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Astrohippus stocki
(Lance 1950)
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| original and current combination Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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= Nannippus aztecus
Mooser 1968
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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= Teleoceras fossiger
Cope 1878
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Guanajuato |
| Coordinates: | 21.0° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.3° North, 99.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | RViej | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:several localities from a 4 m unit underlies Rancho Viejo | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Coecillo; GTO 30; GTO-30; GTO-75; GTO 75 | ||
| Database number: | 18718 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Mannion, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-08-11 08:47:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2594. | W. E. Miller and O. Carranza-Castaneda. 1984. Late Cenozoic Mammals from Central Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):216-236 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 51759 | O. Carranza-Castaneda, J. J. Aranda-Gómez, X. Wang and A. Iriondo. 2013. The Early-Late Hemphillian (Hh2) Faunal Assemblage From Juchipila Basin, State of Zacatecas, Mexico, and Its Biochronologic Correlation with Other Hemphillian Faunas in Central Mexico. Contributions to Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 521:13-49 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/P. Mannion] | |
| 52291 | X. Wang and O. Carranza-Castaneda. 2008. Earliest hog-nosed skunk, Conepatus (Mephitidae, Carnivora), from the early Pliocene of Guanajuato, Mexico and origin of South American skunks. Zoological Journal Of The Linnean Society 154(2):396-407 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |