Exell: Clarendonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aelurodon cf. taxoides
Hatcher 1894
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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| JA pers. obs. 8.1.95: "Neohipparion occidentale"; specimen figured by Dalquest and Hughes is almost unplicated and could be a large "Hipparion" or Neohipparion affine | ||||||||||
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Pseudhipparion hessei
Webb and Hulbert 1986
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Hulbert 1989 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
| pers. commun.: "Nannippus gratus"; could easily include all figured "Calippus placidus" and "C. regulus" material; JA pers. obs. 8.1.95 | ||||||||||
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Pliohippus fossulatus
(Cope 1893)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| does seem to be Pliohippus, JA pers. obs. 8.1.95 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras major
Hatcher 1894
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
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Peraceras cf. superciliosum
(Cope 1880)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| confirmed by Prothero and Manning 1987 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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= Peraceras superciliosum
Cope 1880
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Peraceras superciliosus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
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= Merychyus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Schultz 1990 | |||||||||
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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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Schultz 1990 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Longirostromeryx sp.
Frick 1937
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Schultz 1990 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Moore |
| Coordinates: | 36.0° North, 101.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° North, 99.3° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Ogallala |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 18 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:NISP 18 | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 18149 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | B. Allen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-07-29 09:12:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1321. | W. W. Dalquest and J. T. Hughes. 1966. A New Mammalian Local Fauna from the Lower Pliocene of Texas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 69(1):79-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 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] | |
| 51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 6207 | G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 14: The Clarendonian 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 83-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |