Burkeville (TAM 43) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as BEG 175-T-3

Where: Newton County, Texas (31.0° N, 93.4° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 90.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: C. J. Hesse. 1943. A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26:157-179 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18614: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Siluridae
Ameiurus sp.3
Ameiurus sp.3 Rafinesque 1820 catfish
175-T-3
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet.3
Lepisosteidae indet.3 Cuvier 1825 gar
"Lepidosteus"
Aves
  -
Aves indet.3
Aves indet.3 Linnaeus 1758 bird
175-T-3
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines
"Chelonia indet." = Testudines Batsch 1788 turtle
two forms: 175-T-3
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
? Proboscidea indet.4
? Proboscidea indet.4 proboscidean
175-T-3
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus gunteri2
Merychippus gunteri2 Simpson 1930 horse
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet.1
Ruminantia indet.1 ruminant
also reported by Stenzel et al. 1944 as from 175-T-3
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
175-T-3
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Plinthicus sp.3, Rhinoptera sp.3
Plinthicus sp.3 Cope 1869 eagle ray
Rhinoptera sp.3 Cuvier 1829 cownose ray
175-T-3
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Potamides matsoni3
Potamides matsoni3 Dall 1913 horn snail
175-T-3 (uncertain)
 Cerithioidea - Pleuroceridae
Goniobasis miocaenica3
Goniobasis miocaenica3 snail
175-T-3 (uncertain)
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp.3
Unio sp.3 Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
175-T-3 (uncertain)
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea normalis3
Ostrea normalis3 Gardner 1926 oyster
175-T-3
1Alroy 2002; 2Forsten 1975; 3Stenzel et al. 1944; 4Tedford et al. 1987