Arnett: Hemphillian, Oklahoma
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Gomphotherium productus
(Cope 1874)
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= Gomphotherium obscurum
Leidy 1869
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Fox and Fisher 2001 | |||||||||
"Gomphotherium or Amebelodon sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Barbourofelis loveorum
(Baskin 1981)
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"lovei" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Nimravides cf. thinobates
(Macdonald 1948)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Carpocyon limosus
Webb 1969
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Epicyon mortifer
(Cook 1914)
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= Epicyon saevus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
includes "Aelurodon haydeni" of Kitts 1957a; confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Epicyon validus
(Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933)
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= Epicyon haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus nobilis
Osborn 1918
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
pers. commun. | ||||||||||
Hipparion tehonense
(Merriam 1916)
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense | ||||||||||
pers. commun.: "H. sp." | ||||||||||
Neohipparion leptode
Merriam 1915
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described by Hulbert 1987 | ||||||||||
Cormohipparion cf. occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Nannippus cf. aztecus
Mooser 1968
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
pers. commun. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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Prothero 1989 | |||||||||
pers. comm. | ||||||||||
Aphelops malacorhinus
Cope 1878
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Prothero 1989 | |||||||||
pers. comm.: "A. sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Aepycamelus sp.
Macdonald 1956
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
compared to P. ziegleri, P. condoni, and "P." longirostris by Kitts 1957 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocaprinae indet.
Gray 1866
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Pediomeryx cf. figginsi
(Frick 1937)
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original and current combination Yumaceras figginsi | ||||||||||
at "P.E. Pit": Webb 1983 (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Oklahoma | County: | Ellis |
Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 99.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 98.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 10.30000 - 4.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Hemph | Local bed: | 3 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:probably includes Hopewell about 14 m below prominent mortar bed (see Higgins) |
Metadata
Also known as: | Adair Ranch; Port-of-Entry Pit | ||
Database number: | 18034 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-18 12:11:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
6208. | G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 15: Early Hemphillian faunas of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Tertiary and Quaternary stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of parts of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico; Guidebook - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin 95-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
6247 | D. L. Fox and D. C. Fisher. 2001. Stable isotope ecology of a late Miocene population of Gomphotherium productus (Mammalia, Proboscidea) from Port of Entry Pit, Oklahoma, USA. Palaios 16:279-293 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1952 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6328 | D. R. Prothero. 1989. Personal communication regarding rhinocerotid identifications. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |