Santa Maria: Hemphillian, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia
Serpentes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Lacertilia indet. (Owen 1842)
Crocodylus sp. Laurenti 1768
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Rhynchotherium cf. falconeri Osborn 1923
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Notolagus sp. Wilson 1937
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Agriotherium schneideri Sellards 1916
recombined as Huracan schneideri
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus sanmiguelensis Wang and Carranza-Castaneda 2008
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
? Pseudaelurus intrepidus (Leidy 1858)
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Machairodus cf. coloradensis Cook 1922
recombined as Amphimachairodus coloradensis
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
recombined as Eucyon ferox
Borophagus secundus VanderHoof 1931
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Hexobelomeryx frickii
Hexobelomeryx fricki Furlong 1941
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Catagonus brachydontus (Dalquest and Mooser 1980)
recombined as Protherohyus brachydontus
Mammalia - Camelidae
Megatylopus matthewi Webb 1965
Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Hemiauchenia vera (Matthew 1909)
recombined as Pleiolama vera
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus mexicanus (Lance 1950)
original and current combination Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus
Astrohippus stockii (Lance 1950)
original and current combination Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii
Neohipparion eurystyle (Cope 1893)
Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger (Cope 1878)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Carranza-Castaneda et al. 2013
Zacatzontli tecolotlanensis n. gen., n. sp. McDonald and Carranza-Castañeda 2017
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Jalisco
Coordinates: 20.1° North, 104.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:20.5° North, 102.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Hemphillian
Age range of interval:9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandy sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified claystone
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Jal Teco 8; Jalisco
Database number:189790
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:J. Bryant, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-11-13 22:46:06 Last modified:2020-08-11 09:05:13
Access level:the public Released:2017-11-13 22:46:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
63794. H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-Castañeda. 2017. Increased xenarthran diversity of the Great American Biotic Interchange: a new genus and species of ground sloth (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Megalonychidae) from the Hemphillian (late Miocene) of Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 91(5):1069-1082 [M. Uhen/J. Bryant/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

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]