Farish Ranch, Medio Creek (Miocene of the United States)

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

• said to be near top of member
any Teleoceras is T. cf. major: Prothero and Manning 1987
unclassified
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp.8 Owen 1845 rhinoceros
skull
Teleoceras major7 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
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
Pseudhipparion curtivallum9 Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
"Cormohipparion ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum4 Leidy 1885 hipparionine horse
"Nannippus cf. ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum4 Leidy 1885 hipparionine horse
Calippus placidus3 Leidy 1869 horse
Calippus regulus2 Johnston 1937 horse
Calippus martini3 Hesse 1936 horse
Protohippus supremus3 Leidy 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Protolabis coartatus1 Stirton 1929 camel
Protolabis cf. yavapaiensis5 Honey and Taylor 1978 camel
TMM 31081-28 partial left dentary with p3 (roots only), p4-m3 (broken)
Megatylopus primaevus6 Patton 1969 camel
Aepycamelus sp.6 Macdonald 1956 camel
Procamelus occidentalis6 Leidy 1858 camel
Procamelus grandis6 Gregory 1939 camel
Nothotylopus camptognathus6 Patton 1969 camel
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Synthetoceras tricornatus5 Stirton 1932 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Blastomeryx sp.8 Cope 1877 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras teres5 Cope 1874 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Ramoceros ramosus5 Cope 1874 pronghorn
TMM 31081- various post-cranial elements
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
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.
"Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1 Frick 1929 oreodont
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyoninae indet.1 Trouessart 1885 bear-dog
Ischyrocyon gidleyi5 Matthew 1902 bear-dog
TMM 31081-465 humerus, -1243 C, -1166 C
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
cf. Mustelidae indet.5 Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
TMM 31081-157, -1338 edentulous dentary
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.10 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
cf. Eucyon sp.5 Tedford and Qiu 1996 canine
TMM 31081-1255 partial right maxilla with P4-M2
Aelurodon taxoides5 Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog
TMM 31081-197 canine, -271 i3, -1142 canine, -1143 m2
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
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
cf. Trachemys sp.5 Agassiz 1857 slider
TMM 31081-280, a partial carapace
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp.5 Williams 1950 turtle
TMM 31081-82 caudal vertebrae, -364 dermal ossicle, -600 peripheral, -883 peripheral, -921 dermal ossicle, -1419 dermal ossicle
cf. Gopherus sp.5 Rafinesque 1832 gopher tortoise
TMM 31081-1314 carapace and plastron.
 Testudines - Trionychidae
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
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator cf. mississippiensis5 Daudin 1801 American alligator
Aves
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
cf. Anserinae indet.5 Vigors 1825 goose
TMM 31081-1263 ulna
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.8 Agassiz 1843 gar
TMM 31081-121, -122, -325, -615
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus cf. lambda5 catfish
TMM 31081-1059 articular, -1127 pectoral spines (5), -1284 pectoral spines (2).