Meade's Quarry 9, Crawfish Ranch: Blancan, Texas
collected by WPA 1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis inexpectata
(Cope 1895)
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Kurtén 1976 | |||||||||
| metapodials | ||||||||||
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= Miracinonyx sp.
Adams 1979
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Alroy 2003 | |||||||||
| could be studeri | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Borophagus diversidens
Cope 1892
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Meade 1945 | |||||||||
| confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus bicalcaratus
Cope 1893
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Meade 1945 | |||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Blancocamelus meadei
Dalquest 1975
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Dalquest 1975 | |||||||||
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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= Gigantocamelus spatulus
Cope 1893
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Meade 1945 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Equus simplicidens
Cope 1892
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Meade 1945 | |||||||||
| recombined as Plesippus simplicidens | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Crosby |
| Coordinates: | 33.8° North, 101.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 33.9° North, 100.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Blanco |
| 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 methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
| Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1941 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 31179, WPA Site 9 | ||
| Database number: | 20026 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-01-13 12:52:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 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:
| 1309 | W. W. Dalquest. 1975. Vertebrate Fossils From the Blanco Local Fauna of Texas. Occasional Papers, Museum, Texas Tech University 30:1-52 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 7906 | 5% 10380 | B. Kurtén. 1976. Fossil puma (Mammalia: Felidae) in North America. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 26(4):502-534 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
| 2552 | G. E. Meade. 1945. The Blanco Fauna. University of Texas Publication 4401:509-556 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |