Diamond Mountain: Barstovian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Mammalia
- Artiodactyla
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Artiodactyla indet.
Owen 1848
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| two size classes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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? Prosynthetoceras sp.
(Frick 1937)
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| original and current combination Synthetoceras (Prosynthetoceras) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus francisi
Hay 1924
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| synonym of Calippus proplacidus | ||||||||||
| "C. francisi" of Forsten 1975 | ||||||||||
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Merychippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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| recombined as Protohippus perditus | ||||||||||
| confirmed by Hulbert 1988a: "Merychippus circulus" of Forsten 1975 | ||||||||||
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
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Merychippus gunteri
Simpson 1930
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Montgomery |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 95.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.6° North, 92.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 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
| Also known as: | TAM 40; R. R. McPherson Land; Iron Mound | ||
| Database number: | 18620 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-24 14:49:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1833. | C. J. Hesse. 1943. A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26:157-179 [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] | |
| 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] |