Also known as WPA, Work Project No. 12510, TMM 31184
Where: Bee County, Texas (28.5° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 95.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Blanco Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by WPA in 1941; reposited in the TMM
Collection methods: surface (float), 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: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 207489: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903 hipparionine horse
Calippus sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse | |
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904 peccary | |
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836 bear-dog | |
"Trilophodon sp." = Gomphotherium
"Trilophodon sp." = Gomphotherium Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Reptilia | |
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809 alligator | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle |