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Diamond Mountain, Montgomery County, Texas, USA

Mindat.org Locality PageMontgomery County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)30.1,-95.4
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on political unit
Given LocationTexas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Montgomery County, Texas, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Diamond MountainHesse C. J. (1943)23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Mound CreekAlroy J. (2002)23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Artiodactyla
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Camelidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Prosynthetoceras sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Prosynthetoceras23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Carnivora
order
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Calippus proplacidus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Calippus : Calippus proplacidus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Hipparionini
tribe
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparionini23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Merychippus gunteri
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : Merychippus gunteri23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Protohippus perditus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Protohippus : Protohippus perditus23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene
Rhinocerotidae
family
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae23.03 - 5.333 Ma
Miocene

References

Hesse C. J. (1943) A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas, Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26, 157-179
Forsten A. -M. (1975) The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision , Pearce-Sellards Series 22, 1-86
Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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