Hudspeth (TMM 40240) ( of the United States)

Where: Hudspeth County, Texas (31.5° N, 105.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.6° N, 104.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fort Hancock Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: W. S. Strain. 1966. Blancan mammalian fauna and Pleistocene formations, Hudspeth County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 10:1-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20037: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 12.04.1997, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• underlies Camp Rice Fm.
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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Scalopus sp.
Scalopus sp. Geoffroy 1803 mole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon hudspethensis n. sp.
Sigmodon hudspethensis n. sp. Strain 1966 cotton rat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Nerterogeomys paenebursarius
Nerterogeomys paenebursarius Strain 1966 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus mcgheei
Spermophilus finlayensis Strain 1966 ground squirrel
Spermophilus mcgheei Strain 1966 ground squirrel
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet., "Gopherus huecoensis n. sp." = Gopherus hexagonatus
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
large size
"Gopherus huecoensis n. sp." = Gopherus hexagonatus Cope 1893 gopher tortoise
TMM 40240-27 (holotype), a plastron with associated appendicular elements (Strain 1966, pl. 2–6)