Buckner Ranch Locality, Site 1: Clarendonian, Texas
collected by WPA 1939–1940
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops serus
(Cope 1877)
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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TMM 30896-412 M1 | ||||||||||
= Prosthennops xiphidonticus
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May 2019 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis cf. yavapaiensis
(Honey and Taylor 1978)
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-296 partial left dentary with p3 (roots only), p4, m1, m2, m3 (early eruption) | ||||||||||
Nothotylopus camptognathus
Patton 1969
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-198 partial right dentary | ||||||||||
Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Procamelus occidentalis
Leidy 1858
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Patton 1969 | |||||||||
in part | ||||||||||
Alticamelus sp.
Matthew 1901
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= Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Procamelus grandis
Gregory 1939
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Patton 1969 | |||||||||
in part | ||||||||||
Mammalia
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Anonymous 1939 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
astragalus | ||||||||||
= Ruminantia indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Blastomeryx sp.
Cope 1877
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
(9 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Blastomeryx elegans
Matthew and Cook 1909
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Patton 1969 | |||||||||
= Pseudoceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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Webb 2008 | |||||||||
Pseudoceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-326 partial right dentary with p3-m3, -496 partial dentary with p3-m3 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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? Merycodus sp.
Leidy 1854
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= Capromeryx sp.
Matthew 1902
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Antilocaprinae indet.
Gray 1866
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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1 specimen | |||||||||
astragalus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
= Teleoceras cf. major
Hatcher 1894
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Prothero and Manning 1987 | |||||||||
= Teleoceras major
Hatcher 1894
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-124 humerus, -152 right dentary with p3, p4, m1, and m2 unerupted, -337 p3, -654 atlas | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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= Neohipparion occidentale
Leidy 1856
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
repeated by Forsten 1975 | ||||||||||
Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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confirmed by Hulbert 1988c: "N. cf. ingenuum" of Forsten 1975 | ||||||||||
Pseudhipparion curtivallum
(Quinn 1955)
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Webb and Hulbert 1986 | |||||||||
Hipparion tehonense
(Merriam 1916)
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May 2019 | |||||||||
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense | ||||||||||
TMM 30896-537 M3, -629 P4, -630 M1/M2, -631 M1/M2 | ||||||||||
Neohipparion affine
(Leidy 1869)
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Hulbert 1987 | |||||||||
Pliohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Hippotigris sellardsi n. sp.
Quinn 1955
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
synonym of Protohippus supremus | ||||||||||
Merychippus cf. francisi
Hay 1924
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Calippus placidus
Leidy 1869
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1939 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
= Equus laparensis n. sp.
Quinn 1955
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Calippus martini
Hesse 1936
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Calippus anatinus n. sp.
Quinn 1955
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
synonym of Calippus regulus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
= Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
= Leptocyon vafer
Leidy 1858
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Wilson 1960 | |||||||||
Leptocyon vafer
(Leidy 1858)
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-241 partial dentary with p2-m2 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Glyptodontidae
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Glyptodon sp.
Owen 1839
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Anonymous 1939 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
2 carapace fragments | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Tetralophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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19 individuals | |||||||||
= Gnathabelodon buckneri n. sp.
Sellards 1940
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Sellards 1940 | |||||||||
recombined as Blancotherium buckneri | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1939 | |||||||||
"birds" | ||||||||||
Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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TMM 30896-280 partial skull, -335, -372 osteoderms, -357, -336 teeth | ||||||||||
= Alligator cf. mississippiensis
Daudin 1801
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May 2019 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Hesperotestudo sp.
(Williams 1950)
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-328 carapace | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Apalone sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 30896-144 hyoplastron-hypoplastron, -377 costals, -635, -636 plastron fragments | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Ameiurus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bee |
Coordinates: | 28.6° North, 97.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.0° North, 95.3° 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
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1939–1940 |
Taxonomic list comments:said to be near top of member misidentified as Farish Ranch/Berclair by Prothero and Manning 1987 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lapara Creek fauna; TMM 30896, Work Project No. 12510 | ||
Database number: | 18611 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-01-17 16:07:48 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
71439. | Anonymous. 1939. The first quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30,1939 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-22+ [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
71437 | Anonymous. 1939. The second quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30,1939 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71451 | Anonymous. 1939. The third quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31,1939 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71463 | Anonymous. 1940. The fifth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71464 | Anonymous. 1940. The sixth quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71466 | Anonymous. 1940. The seventh quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71453 | Anonymous. 1940. The fourth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71467 | Anonymous. 1941. The eighth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
71468 | Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
1504 | A. -M. Forsten. 1975. The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision . Pearce-Sellards Series 22:1-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
3850 | 5% 23520 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1987. Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):809-830 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/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] | |
68632 | S. R. May. 2019. The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica (22.1.15)1-129 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
2737 | T. H. Patton. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
2807 | D. R. Prothero and E. M. Manning. 1987. Miocene rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 61(2):388-423 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
3098 | E. H. Sellards. 1940. New Pliocene mastodon. Geological Society America Bulletin 51 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
3659 | J. A. Wilson. 1960. Miocene carnivores, Texas Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):983-1000 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |