Elm Creek, Live Oak County Site 6 (Oligocene of the United States)

Also known as Work Project 12592, WPA

Where: Live Oak County, Texas (28.7° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 91.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Catahoula Formation, Orellan (33.9 - 33.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA in 1939

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1939. The first quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30,1939 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 1-22+ [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 207407: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 09.01.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros