Where: Lipscomb County, Texas (36.1° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 98.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 15: Early Hemphillian faunas of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Tertiary and Quaternary stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of parts of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico; Guidebook - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin 95-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Aphelops mutilus6 Matthew 1924 rhinoceros "Box T Ranch, Ranch West Draw" and "First Valley, West Pit 1"
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Hippotherium sp.1, Neohipparion leptode, Calippus "large"2, Protohippus gidleyi3, Astrohippus sp., Pliohippus nobilis3
Astrohippus sp. Stirton 1940 horse | |
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Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
Pseudoceras sp. Frick 1937 ruminant | |
"Pediomeryx cf. figginsi" = Yumaceras figginsi
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Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
Nimravides cf. thinobates Macdonald 1948 cat | |
Eomellivora sp. Zdansky 1924 ratel | |
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Metalopex bakeri n. sp.7, Epicyon haydeni1, Epicyon saevus8, Borophagus sp.1, Borophagus cf. pugnator1
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Pliometanastes cf. protistus Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 edentate described by Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
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Amebelodon cf. fricki Barbour 1927 gomphothere |