El Carrizal (Miocene of Honduras)

Where: Lempira, Honduras (14.7° N, 88.6° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 87.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Gracias Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. D. Webb and S. C. Perrigo. 1984.  Late Cenozoic Vertebrates from Honduras and El Salvador. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 4(2):237-254 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18723: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Calippus (Grammohippus) hondurensis" = Calippus hondurensis
"Calippus (Grammohippus) hondurensis" = Calippus hondurensis Olson and McGrew 1941 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros