Janes Quarry: Hemphillian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Nannippus lenticularis
(Cope 1893)
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synonym of Cormohipparion ingenuum | ||||||||||
Cormohipparion occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Pliohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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probably o.k. as Winkler was aware of Hulbert's work | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Alforjas sp.
Harrison 1979
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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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 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotheriidae indet.
Hay 1922
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Crosby |
Coordinates: | 33.7° North, 101.1° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 99.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 18211 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-09-06 21:08:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3715. | D. A. Winkler. 1990. Sedimentary Facies and Biochronology of the Upper Tertiary Ogallala Group, Blanco and Yellow House Canyons, Texas Panhandle. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 39-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |