Farish Ranch, Medio Creek: Clarendonian, Texas
collected by WPA 1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ameiurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Sellards 1941
    = Pylodictis olivaris
May 2019
TMM 31081-99 pectoral spine, --367 pectoral spine, -624 centrum (2), -850 centrum (2), -872 dentary
Trilophodon sp. Falconer 1857
Sellards 1941
    = cf. Gomphotherium sp.
May 2019
TMM 31081-1 juvenile right dentary with dp2 and dp4
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
cf. Anserinae indet. Vigors 1825
May 2019
TMM 31081-1263 ulna
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
Sellards 1941
    = Alligator cf. mississippiensis Daudin 1801
May 2019
TMM 31081-33 teeth, -40 mandible fragment with symphysis, -48, -78, -106 teeth, -138 osteoderms, -215 left squamosal, -237, -276 osteoderms, -385 skull fragment, -400 femur, -579 humerus, -584 partial skull (left maxillary, partial right maxillary, partial nasals), -758 proximal rib fragment, -810 right premaxillary, -1393 mandible fragment, -1417 parietal, -1473 parietal
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
May 2019
TMM 31081-14 plastron fragment, -140 plastron fragments, -163 plastron fragment, -277 carapace fragment, -544 plastron, -888 posterior peripherals
cf. Trachemys sp. Agassiz 1857
May 2019
TMM 31081-280, a partial carapace
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp. (Williams 1950)
May 2019
TMM 31081-82 caudal vertebrae, -364 dermal ossicle, -600 peripheral, -883 peripheral, -921 dermal ossicle, -1419 dermal ossicle
cf. Gopherus sp. Rafinesque 1832
May 2019
TMM 31081-1314 carapace and plastron.
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832
May 2019
TMM 31081-139 xiphiplastron, -145 carapace fragment, -308 plastron fragment, -432 carapace fragment, -555, -601 plastron fragments, -725, -731, -737 costals, -864 neural, -1130 costal, -1488 hypoplastron, -1562 carapace fragments
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
cf. Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
May 2019
TMM 31081-157, -1338 edentulous dentary
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Pliocyonidae indet.
Wilson 1960
    = Amphicyoninae indet. Trouessart 1885
Alroy 2002
Ischyrocyon gidleyi (Matthew 1902)
May 2019
TMM 31081-465 humerus, -1243 C, -1166 C
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Wilson 1960
Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
May 2019
TMM 31081-197 canine, -271 i3, -1142 canine, -1143 m2
cf. Eucyon sp. Tedford and Qiu 1996
May 2019
TMM 31081-1255 partial right maxilla with P4-M2
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus sp. (Matthew 1926)
Sellards 1941
    = Nannippus cf. ingenuum Leidy 1885
Hulbert 1988
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum
replaces ID of Forsten 1975, in part
Cormohipparion ingenuum (Leidy 1885)
Hulbert 1988
Pseudhipparion curtivallum (Quinn 1955)
Webb and Hulbert 1986
Hipparion tehonense (Merriam 1916)
May 2019
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense
TMM 31081-50 M, -162 R maxilla with DP3-M1, -397 p2, -627 M3, -705 P2, -822 M, -823 M, -952 M, -1033 M, -1072 p2, -1117 m, -1222 M3, -1240 M, -1440 P2, -1482 P2, -1463 M
Cormohipparion occidentale (Leidy 1856)
Hulbert 1988
    = Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832
Alroy 2002
Protohippus supremus Leidy 1869
Hulbert 1988
Calippus sp. (Matthew and Stirton 1930)
Sellards 1941
    = Calippus placidus Leidy 1869
Hulbert 1988
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Sellards 1941
    = Calippus martini Hesse 1936
Hulbert 1988
Calippus regulus Johnston 1937
Forsten 1975
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Sellards 1941
    = Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894
Prothero 2005
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845
Sellards 1941 1 specimen
skull
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Ustatochoerus cf. medius (Leidy 1858)
May 2019
TMM 31081-685 partial right maxilla with C, P1-M3, -1157 partial right maxilla with M2-M3 and alveoli for P1-M1.
Metoreodon sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Sellards 1941
    = Ustatochoerus profectus Matthew and Cook 1909
Patton 1969
    = Merychyus novomexicanus Frick 1929
Alroy 2002
invalid subgroup of Ustatochoerus medius
"U. sp." of Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
Sellards 1941
    = Prosthennops xiphidonticus
May 2019
TMM 31081-363 partial dentary with dp4-m1, -629 partial mandible with p4-m3, -673 partial mandible with right and left p2(alveoli), p3-m3, -1128 M1 or M2
Mammalia - Camelidae
Nothotylopus camptognathus Patton 1969
Patton 1969
Protolabis cf. yavapaiensis (Honey and Taylor 1978)
May 2019
TMM 31081-28 partial left dentary with p3 (roots only), p4-m3 (broken)
Protolabis sp. Cope 1876
Sellards 1941
    = Protolabis notiochorinos Patton 1969
Patton 1969
    = Protolabis coartatus Stirton 1929
Alroy 2002
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956
Patton 1969
? Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
Sellards 1941
    = Procamelus occidentalis Leidy 1858
Patton 1969
Procamelus grandis Gregory 1939
Patton 1969
Megatylopus primaevus Patton 1969
Patton 1969
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Synthetoceras sp. Stirton 1932
Sellards 1941
    = Synthetoceras tricornatus Stirton 1932
May 2019
TMM 31081-525 metapodial, -612 metapodial, -1416 M2, -1471 M2
Mammalia - Moschidae
Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Ramoceros ramosus (Cope 1874)
May 2019
TMM 31081- various post-cranial elements
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
Sellards 1941
    = Cranioceras clarendonensis Frick 1937
Patton 1969
    = Cranioceras teres Cope 1874
May 2019
TMM 31081-300 M2, -628 M3, -1434 m, -1446 M2, -1480 partial right dentary with dp2-4, m1
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus cf. lambda
May 2019
TMM 31081-1059 articular, -1127 pectoral spines (5), -1284 pectoral spines (2).
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Sellards 1941
TMM 31081-121, -122, -325, -615
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
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
Formation:Goliad Member:Lapara
Local section:Flmng Local bed:10
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1941
Taxonomic list comments:said to be near top of member
any Teleoceras is T. cf. major: Prothero and Manning 1987
Metadata
Also known as:Lapara Creek fauna; Berclair; Site 15; TMM 31081, WPA
Database number:18623
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, J. Marcot, E. Vlachos Enterer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, J. Marcot, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2020-01-17 16:03:47
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

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]
1951 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
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]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
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]
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]