Highway 36: Hemingfordian - Barstovian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Prosynthetoceras texanus
(Hay 1924)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.7° North, 92.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Hemingfordian - Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 18.50000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Although originally included in the Garvin Gully Fauna by Patton (1969b), there is some question about the exact stratigraphic level for this specimen. It may well belong in the Burkeville Fauna, as indicated by its large size. |
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 |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic level unclear | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | near Gay Hill | ||
| Database number: | 18636 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-11 14:48:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 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] |