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Lomas las Tetas de Cabra, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico

Lat/Long (Decimal)	28.6833,-114.083
Co-ordinates Derivation	stated in text
Given Location	Baja California, Mexico
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Lomas las Tetas de Cabra	Novacek M. J., Ferrusquía-Villafranca I., et al (1991)	Las Tetas de Cabra		sandstone	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Chenopodiaceae family	Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Caryophyllales : Chenopodiaceae	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Celtis sp. genus	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Cannabaceae : *Celtis*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Ulmaceae family	Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Rosales : Ulmaceae	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Galeorhinus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Carchariniformes : Triakidae : *Galeorhinus*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Dissacus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Mesonychidae : *Dissacus*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Wyolestes iglesius species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Didymoconidae : Wyolestes : *Wyolestes iglesius*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Diacodexis gracilis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Dichobunidae : Diacodexis : *Diacodexis gracilis*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Caenolambda jepseni species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Pantolambdidae : Caenolambda : *Caenolambda jepseni*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Hyopsodus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyopsodontidae : *Hyopsodus*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Oxyaena sp. genus	Oxyaenidae : *Oxyaena*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Esteslestes ensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Esteslestes : *Esteslestes ensis*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Prolimnocyon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyaenodontidae : *Prolimnocyon*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Ferae unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ferae	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Eohippus angustidens species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Eohippus : *Eohippus angustidens*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Paramyidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Paramyidae	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Esthonyx sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Tillotheriidae : *Esthonyx*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Ectocion ignotum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Phenacodontidae : Ectocion : *Ectocion ignotum*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Meniscotherium chamense species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Ungulata : Phenacodontidae : Meniscotherium : *Meniscotherium chamense*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Phenacodus vortmani species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Phenacodontidae : Phenacodus : *Hyracotherium vortmani*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Caudata unranked clade	Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Comonecturoides : Caudata	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Boidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Boidae	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Iguanidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Iguanidae	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Saniwa sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Varanidae : *Saniwa*	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene
Gastropoda class	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda	55.8 - 50.3 Ma Eocene

References

Morris W. J. (1966) Fossil mammals from Baja California: new evidence on early Tertiary migrations, Science 153, 1376-1378

Novacek M. J., Flynn J. J., et al (1987) An early Eocene (Wasatchian) mammal fauna from Baja California, National Geograpic Research 3 3, 376-388

Novacek M. J., Ferrusquía-Villafranca I., et al (1991) Wasatchian (early Eocene) mammals and other vertebrates from Baja California, Mexico : the Lomas Las Tetas de Cabra fauna, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 208, 1-88

Lucas S. G. (1998) Fossil mammals and the Paleocene/Eocene series boundary in Europe, North America, and Asia, Late Paleocene–Early Eocene Biotic and Climatic Events in the Marine and Terrestrial Records, 451-500

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Froehlich D. J. (2002) Quo vadis Eohippus? The systematics and taxonomy of the early Eocene equids (Perissodactyla), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 134, 141-256 doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00005.x

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