Las Golondrinas (Neogene of Mexico)

Where: Hidalgo, Mexico (20.5° N, 99.0° W: paleocoordinates 20.8° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• said to be late Hemphillian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: O. Carranza-Castaneda, W. E. Miller, and B. J. Kowallis. 1998. New vertebrate faunas from the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, central Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):31A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 18733: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus sp.
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet.1
Tayassuidae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus mexicanus, Nannippus peninsulatus2, Neohipparion eurystyle
Dinohippus mexicanus Lance 1950 horse
Nannippus peninsulatus2 Cope 1885 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
1Alroy 2002; 2Alvarado-Ortega and Carranza-Castaneda 2002