Walnut Canyon (Neogene of the United States)
Where: northern Grant County, New Mexico (33.0° N, 108.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 106.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Gila Group, Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• said to be late Hemphillian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: G. S. Morgan and P. L. Sealey. 1995. Late Miocene and Pliocene (Hemphillian and Blancan) vertebrate fossils from the Gila Group, southwestern New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 17(2):30 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
PaleoDB collection 19602: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1996, edited by Jonathan Marcot
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Taxonomic list
• appears to include the "Mangas Trench" list of Tedford 1981 from Grant Co., including Dinohippus sp. and Astrohippus stockii
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Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit | |
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Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn | |
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Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
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Dinohippus mexicanus Lance 1950 horse | |