Sam Houston: Barstovian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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= Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon longiramus
White 1942
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Wilson 1960 | |||||||||
| "Amphicyonine" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aelurodon francisi
Hay 1924
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= Aelurodon ferox
Leidy 1858
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of J. Wilson 1960: "Tomarctus sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus gunteri
Simpson 1930
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
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Calippus circulus n. sp.
(Quinn 1955)
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
| may include "Merychippus perditus" | ||||||||||
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Merychippus francisi
Hay 1924
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= Calippus proplacidus
Osborn 1918
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras meridianum
(Leidy 1865)
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Prothero and Manning 1987 | |||||||||
| "Aphelops sp. (large)" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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| "Prosthennops" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| small | ||||||||||
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Alticamelus sp.
Matthew 1901
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| synonym of Aepycamelus | ||||||||||
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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
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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= Ruminantia indet.
Scopoli 1777
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| and "Cervidae | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx sp.
Cope 1877
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= Blastomerycinae indet.
Frick 1937
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | San Jacinto |
| Coordinates: | 30.5° North, 95.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.0° North, 92.0° 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 | |||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 16 specimens |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic equivalent of Cold Spring according to Hesse, but said to be "toward the top of the exposed section" and only .5 mile from Cold Spring; Tedford et al. 1987 indicate it is stratigraphically higher "16 specimens" | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Cold Spring fauna; TMM 31191; TAM 38 (in part) | ||
| Database number: | 18637 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-21 05:44:52 |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3659 | J. A. Wilson. 1960. Miocene carnivores, Texas Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):983-1000 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |