Higgins Quarries: Hemphillian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Pizonyx wheeleri n. sp.
Dalquest and Patrick 1989
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= Antrozous pallidus
Le Conte 1856
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Czaplewski 1993 | |||||||||
replaces ID of Dalquest and Patrick 1989; a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodon hicksi
(Cook 1922)
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= Amebelodon floridanus
Leidy 1886
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Leptarctus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Dalquest and Patrick 1989 | |||||||||
Eomellivora sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Dalquest and Patrick 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos sp.
Pilgrim 1913
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Dalquest and Patrick 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Epicyon validus
(Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933)
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= Epicyon haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
may include F:AM specimens of Wang et al. 1999 from "Five mi east of Higgins"; "Martin Sebit Ranch, 2 mi south of Higgins"; and "Higgins Loc. B"; see also Johnston 1939 | ||||||||||
Osteoborus cf. cyonoides
(Martin 1928)
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= Borophagus cf. secundus
VanderHoof 1931
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
a second, larger form also is present | ||||||||||
Vulpes stenognathus
Savage 1941
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Nimravides cf. thinobates
(Macdonald 1948)
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listed as "N. catocopis" by Dalquest and Patrick 1989; this is probably "Machaerodus catocopis" of Burt 1931 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Dalquest and Patrick 1989 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Pediomeryx cf. figginsi
(Frick 1937)
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original and current combination Yumaceras figginsi | ||||||||||
not clear if this is the "P.E. Pit" record of Webb 1983, which applies to Arnett (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocaprinae indet.
Gray 1866
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Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Pseudoceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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Webb 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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= Hemiauchenia vera
Matthew 1909
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MacFadden 1977 | |||||||||
recombined as Pleiolama vera | ||||||||||
Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pseudhipparion sp.
Ameghino 1904
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= Equinae indet.
Steinmann and Döderlein 1890
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
"Calippus sp." of Schultz 1977; if this is the same specimen, it is not clear which i.d. is correct | ||||||||||
Hipparion sp.
de Christol 1832
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= Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Neohipparion ? leptode
Merriam 1915
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Cormohipparion cf. occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Pliohippus nobilis
Osborn 1918
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
pers. commun.: "P. sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras cf. fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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= Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
= Teleoceras fossiger
Cope 1878
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Aphelops malacorhinus
Cope 1878
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus vetus
(Kellogg 1910)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Pliosaccomys higginsensis
Dalquest and Patrick 1989
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(4 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Eomyidae indet.
Winge 1887
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Dalquest and Patrick 1989 | |||||||||
Kansasimys dubius
Wood 1936
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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= Heteromyinae indet.
Gray 1868
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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description of Dalquest and Patrick 1989 allies this to S. variegatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonychidae indet.
Gervais 1855
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Parmley 1988 | |||||||||
"cf. T. sirtalis or T. proximus" | ||||||||||
Paleoheterodon tiheni
Holman 1964
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Parmley 1988 | |||||||||
Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Parmley 1988 | |||||||||
"Coluber or Masticophis" | ||||||||||
Miocoluber dalquesti n. gen., n. sp.
Parmley 1988
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Parmley 1988 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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Charina prebottae
Brattstrom 1958
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Parmley 1988 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Lipscomb |
Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 100.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.4° North, 98.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | ||
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
*Period: | Late/Upper Tertiary | *Epoch: | Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | *Local age/stage: | Early/Lower Hemphillian |
Key time interval: | Hemphillian | ||
Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Hemph | Local bed: | 4 |
Local order: | bottom to top | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray poorly lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: "gray, unconsolidated-to-cemented fluvial sand" | |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:1.8 m below prominent mortar bed (see Arnett) all snakes are from Higgins Quarry B |
Metadata
Also known as: | Sebits Ranch; Sibbet Ranch; Reed and Longnecker Locs. 124-A and 124-B4 | ||
Database number: | 18198 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2009-12-18 12:19:46 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 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] | |
1296 | N. J. Czaplewski. 1993. Pizonyx wheeleri Dalquest and Patrick (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Miocene of Texas referred to the genus Antrozous H. Allen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 13(3):378-380 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1325 | W. W. Dalquest and D. B. Patrick. 1989. Small Mammals from the Early and Medial Hemphillian of Texas, with Descriptions of a New Bat and Gopher. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
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] | |
2365 | B. J. MacFadden. 1977. Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of the Chamita Formation stratotype (Mio-Pliocene) of North-central New Mexico. American Journal of Science 200 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
7601 | D. Parmley. 1988. Early Hemphillian (late Miocene) snakes from the Higgins local fauna of Lipscomb County, Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(3):322-327 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] | |
36064 | S. D. Webb. 2008. Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(2):17-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |