MacAdams Quarry: Clarendonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Nimravidae
Barbourofelis whitfordi (Barbour and Cook 1915)
pers. commun.
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mionictis sp. Matthew 1924
Harrison 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Cynarctus crucidens Barbour and Cook 1914
Wang et al. 1999
Paratomarctus euthos (McGrew 1935)
Wang et al. 1999
Epicyon saevus (Leidy 1858)
Baskin 1998
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
Schultz 1990
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
Mammalia - Camelidae
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
Breyer 1983
    = Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956
Breyer 1983
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Ustatochoerus profectus (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
    = Merychyus novomexicanus Frick 1929
Alroy 2002
invalid subgroup of Ustatochoerus medius
also at Lull Quarry "W. of MacAdams Quarry"
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
Schultz 1977
    = Tayassuidae indet. Palmer 1897
Alroy 2002
1990c: status unclear in light of Wright 1983, who lists new species "C," and Wright 1998, who lists no specifically determinate material
Mammalia - Moschidae
Longirostromeryx clarendonensis n. sp. Frick 1937
Frick 1937
also at "Carrell Creek"
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras clarendonensis n. sp. Frick 1937
Frick 1937
synonym of Cranioceras teres
see also Webb 1983 (6 measurements)
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Synthetoceras tricornatus Stirton 1932
Patton and Taylor 1971
Paratoceras macadamsi n. sp. Frick 1937
Frick 1937
see also Patton and Taylor 1973
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894
Prothero 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Protohippus supremus Leidy 1869
Hulbert 1988
Calippus regulus Johnston 1937
Hulbert 1988
(1 measurement)
Calippus martini Hesse 1936
pers. commun. (1 measurement)
Calippus placidus (Leidy 1869)
pers. commun. (1 measurement)
Pliohippus fossulatus (Cope 1893)
Dalquest and Hughes 1966
Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832
Alroy 2002
JA pers. obs.: large, shallow- notch "occidentale"
Pseudhipparion hessei n. sp. Webb and Hulbert 1986
Webb and Hulbert 1986
Hipparion tehonense (Merriam 1916)
MacFadden 1984
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense
probably includes Nannippus "A" of Hulbert 1989 pers. commun.: JA pers. obs. 1/93
Cormohipparion fricki n. sp. Woodburne 2007
Woodburne 2007
Neohipparion affine (Leidy 1869)
MacFadden 1984
(1 measurement)
Hypohippus affinis (Leidy 1858)
Schultz 1990
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Donley
Coordinates: 35.0° North, 100.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 98.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Local section:Clare Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Grant Quarry; Porter Ranch
Database number:18244
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1992-08-05 00:00:00 Last modified:2009-12-18 11:36:01
Access level:the public Released:1992-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
1032 J. A. Baskin. 1998. Evolutionary trends in the late Miocene hyena-like dog Epicyon (Carnivora, Canidae). National Science Museum Monographs 14:191-214 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1131 J. A. Breyer. 1983. The Biostratigraphic Utility of Camel Metapodials. Journal of Paleontology 57(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
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]
6222 C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
1799 J. A. Harrison. 1981. A review of the extinct wolverine, Plesiogulo (Carnivora: Mustelidae), from North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 46:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1949 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 32(3):221-340 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert]
6244 B. J. MacFadden. 1984. Systematics and phylogeny of Hipparion, Neohipparion, Nannippus, and Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of the New World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 179(1):1-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
2739 T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor. 1971. The Synthetoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 145(2):119-218 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Beatty]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3063 C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1941. Ticholeptinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79(1):1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3082 G. E. Schultz. 1977. Guidebook field conference on Late Cenozoic biostratigraphy of the Texas panhandle and adjacent Oklahoma. Special Publication Kilgore Research Center 1:105-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]
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]
6227 S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
45368 M. O. Woodburne. 2007. Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia; Perissodactyla, Equidae), Late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 306(1):1-138 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]