Medio Creek Site No. 19, Richards farm: Clarendonian, Texas
collected by WPA 1940–1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus sp. Cope 1878
Anonymous 1941
TMM 31170-67 left P4
    = Ceratogaulus cf. rhinoceros Matthew 1902
May 2019
misspelling Ceratogaulus rhinocerus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Anonymous 1941
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903
Anonymous 1941
    = Neohipparion occidentale Leidy 1856
Forsten 1975
    = Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832
Alroy 2002
Hipparion tehonense (Merriam 1916)
May 2019
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense
TMM 31170-90 M1/M2, -188 M1/M2, -189 P3/P4, -190 P3/P4, -191 P3/P4, -192 m1/m2, -193 M1/M2, -194 M3, -195 M3, -196 M1/M2, 198 M1/M2, -288 P3/P4, -920 M1/M2
Pseudhipparion curtivallum (Quinn 1955)
Webb and Hulbert 1986
Nannippus sp. (Matthew 1926)
Anonymous 1941
    = Nannippus cf. ingenuum Leidy 1885
Hulbert 1988
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856
Anonymous 1941
Calippus sp. (Matthew and Stirton 1930)
Anonymous 1941
    = Calippus regulus Johnston 1937
Forsten 1975
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Anonymous 1941
    = Calippus martini Hesse 1936
Hulbert 1988
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Camelidae
Protolabis sp. Cope 1876
Anonymous 1941
Megatylopus sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Anonymous 1941
    = Alticamelus sp. Matthew 1901
Anonymous 1941
synonym of Aepycamelus
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
Anonymous 1941
    = Procamelus occidentalis Leidy 1858
Patton 1969
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Synthetoceras tricornatus Stirton 1932
May 2019
TMM 31170-84 m3
Mammalia - Gelocidae
Pseudoceras skinneri Frick 1937
May 2019
TMM 31170-109 partial left dentary with p4-m1
Mammalia - Moschidae
Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus sp. Leidy 1854
Anonymous 1941
    = Merycodontinae indet. Matthew 1904
Patton 1969
Ramoceros ramosus (Cope 1874)
May 2019
TMM 31170-28 m3
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Oreodontidae indet. Leidy 1869
Anonymous 1941
    = Metoreodon sp. Matthew and Cook 1909
Anonymous 1941
    = Ustatochoerus cf. medius Leidy 1858
May 2019
TMM 31170-25 partial right dentary with p4-m2, -114 left M2
Ustatochoerus sp. Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
    = Merychyus sp. Leidy 1858
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Anonymous 1941
TMM 31170-64 partial left dentary with m1, -65 right M2
    = cf. Aelurodon sp. Leidy 1858
Anonymous 1941
    = Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
May 2019
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Trilophodon sp. Falconer 1857
Anonymous 1941
TMM 31170-47 upper tusk fragment
    = cf. Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837
May 2019
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Anonymous 1941
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Anonymous 1941
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
Anonymous 1941
TMM 31170-31, -42, -226 teeth
    = Alligator cf. mississippiensis Daudin 1801
May 2019
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Anonymous 1941
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Anonymous 1941
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Ameiurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Anonymous 1941
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Bee
Coordinates: 28.5° North, 97.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 95.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Clarendonian
Age range of interval:13.60000 - 10.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Goliad
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: base of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular sandstone
Secondary lithology:brown,red lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The fossils were in sand lenses interbedded with clay ball conglomerates, in a channel fill which cuts deeply into a resistant reddish brown sandstone."
Environment:fine channel fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1940–1941
Taxonomic list comments:may or may not be the Medio Creek site 2 mi SE of Normana of Weeks 1945; apparently the specimens are at UCMP and were not seen by later authors
status of Weeks' "2 miles north of the Beevile-Goliad highway" locality on Medio Creek is unclear
Metadata
Also known as:Lapara Creek fauna; TMM 31170; east of Normanna, WPA, Work Project No. 12510,
Database number:18645
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos, M. Carrano 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 15:32:50
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]
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]
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]
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]
3069 C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/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]