Also known as Lapara Creek fauna; Berclair; Site 15; TMM 31081, WPA
Where: Bee County, Texas (28.6° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 95.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lapara Member (Goliad Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by WPA in 1941; reposited in the TMM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18623: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot, Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
any Teleoceras is T. cf. major: Prothero and Manning 1987
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Hippotherium sp.1, Hipparion tehonense5, Pseudhipparion curtivallum9, "Cormohipparion ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum4, "Nannippus cf. ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum4, Calippus placidus3, Calippus regulus2, Calippus martini3, Protohippus supremus3
Hipparion tehonense5 Merriam 1916 hipparionine horse TMM 31081-50 M, -162 R maxilla with DP3-M1, -397 p2, -627 M3, -705 P2, -822 M, -823 M, -952 M, -1033 M, -1072 p2, -1117 m, -1222 M3, -1240 M, -1440 P2, -1482 P2, -1463 M
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Protolabis coartatus1, Protolabis cf. yavapaiensis5, Megatylopus primaevus6, Aepycamelus sp.6, Procamelus occidentalis6, Procamelus grandis6, Nothotylopus camptognathus6
Protolabis cf. yavapaiensis5 Honey and Taylor 1978 camel TMM 31081-28 partial left dentary with p3 (roots only), p4-m3 (broken)
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Ustatochoerus cf. medius5 Leidy 1858 oreodont TMM 31081-685 partial right maxilla with C, P1-M3, -1157 partial right maxilla with M2-M3 and alveoli for P1-M1.
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Aelurodon taxoides5 Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog TMM 31081-197 canine, -271 i3, -1142 canine, -1143 m2
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Emydidae indet.5 Rafinesque 1815 turtle TMM 31081-14 plastron fragment, -140 plastron fragments, -163 plastron fragment, -277 carapace fragment, -544 plastron, -888 posterior peripherals
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Hesperotestudo sp.5 Williams 1950 turtle TMM 31081-82 caudal vertebrae, -364 dermal ossicle, -600 peripheral, -883 peripheral, -921 dermal ossicle, -1419 dermal ossicle
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Apalone sp.5 Rafinesque 1832 softshell turtle TMM 31081-139 xiphiplastron, -145 carapace fragment, -308 plastron fragment, -432 carapace fragment, -555, -601 plastron fragments, -725, -731, -737 costals, -864 neural, -1130 costal, -1488 hypoplastron, -1562 carapace fragments
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Ictalurus cf. lambda5 catfish TMM 31081-1059 articular, -1127 pectoral spines (5), -1284 pectoral spines (2).
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