La Mision (Miocene of Mexico)

Where: Baja California, Mexico (32.1° N, 116.8° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 112.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rosarito Beach Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Ferrusquía-Villafranca. 1984. A review of the early and middle Tertiary mammal faunas of Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):187-198 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18728: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• only one terrestrial taxon
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
cf. Oxydactylus longipes Peterson 1904 camel