Coetas Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-3103; Bivins Ranch

Where: Potter County, Texas (35.4° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 99.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Coetas Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 14: The Clarendonian 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 83-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18096: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• status of fm. doubted by Schultz
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp.2 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
"rhinoceroses"
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
"Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1, "Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1
"Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1 Frick 1929 oreodont
"Merychyus major" = Ustatochoerus major1 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897 peccary
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
 Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon taxoides3 Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog