Parcell Ranch: Late/Upper Clarendonian - Hemphillian, Texas
collected 1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Amebelodon fricki
Barbour 1927
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| mandible | ||||||||||
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= Amebelodon britti
Lambert 1990
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Lambert 1990 | |||||||||
| recombined as Konobelodon britti | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudinata
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Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Alticamelus sp.
Matthew 1901
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| synonym of Aepycamelus | ||||||||||
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Pliauchenia sp.
Cope 1875
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Pliohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Dinohippus sp.
Quinn 1955
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Gregory 1945 | |||||||||
| "Pliohippus cf. interpolatus... might be a premolar of P. fossulatus" | ||||||||||
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Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| "resembles N. eurystyle somewhat" | ||||||||||
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Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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= Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Gregory 1945 | |||||||||
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Aphelops malacorhinus
Cope 1878
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| skull | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Roberts |
| Coordinates: | 35.8° North, 100.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 36.1° North, 98.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Clarendonian - Hemphillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy ash |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "sandy bentonitic material" | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
| Collection size: | 4 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM | Collection dates: | 1939 |
| Taxonomic list comments:"late Clarendonian or Hemphillian" NISP 4 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 31075, WPA | ||
| Database number: | 18307 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-01-17 15:06:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71494. | E. H. Sellards. 1941. Final report covering the period from March 4, 1939 ro September 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project iii-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 1721 | J. T. Gregory. 1945. An Ambelodon jaw from the Texas panhandle. University of Texas Publication 4401:477-484 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 2200 | W. D. Lambert. 1990. Rediagnosis of the Genus Amebelodon (Mammalia, Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae), with a New Subgenus and Species, Amebelodon (Konobelodon) britti. Journal of Paleontology 64(6):1032-1040 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |