Also known as TMM 31084; TAM 20; Garvin Farm, WPA
Where: Grimes County, Texas (30.3° N, 95.7° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 92.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Oakville Member (Oakville Formation), Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Reposited in the TMM
Collection methods: mechanical,
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18626: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot, Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unnumbered TAMU Nothokemas floridanus specimen of Patton 1969a could be from another locality in the "Garvin Gully" fauna
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"Geochelone williamsi n. sp." = Hesperotestudo williamsi2
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Alligator sp. Daudin 1809 alligator | |
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Blastomerycinae indet.6 Frick 1937 musk deer includes type of "? Longirostromeryx vigoratus" from TAM locality; listed as "Blastomeryx vigoratus" by Webb 1998a
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"Dromomeryx texanus n. sp." = Prosynthetoceras texanus4, "Merycodus grandis n. sp." = Prosynthetoceras texanus4, "Dromomeryx ? angustidens" = Prosynthetoceras texanus4
"Dromomeryx texanus n. sp." = Prosynthetoceras texanus4 Hay 1924 protoceratid listed as "Garvin Farm" in Hay 1924
"Merycodus grandis n. sp." = Prosynthetoceras texanus4 Hay 1924 protoceratid listed as "Garvin Farm" in Hay 1924
"Dromomeryx ? angustidens" = Prosynthetoceras texanus4 Hay 1924 protoceratid listed as "Garvin Farm" in Hay 1924
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"Procamelus benedentatus n. sp." = Oxydactylus benedentatus4, "Protolabis francisi n. sp." = Oxydactylus benedentatus4, "Procamelus concerptus n. sp." = Oxydactylus benedentatus4, Australocamelus orarius n. sp.6
"Procamelus concerptus n. sp." = Oxydactylus benedentatus4 Hay 1924 camel listed as "Garvin Farm" in Hay 1924
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"Cynorca sociale" = Marshochoerus socialis9
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"Anchitherium australis" = Kalobatippus australis5, "Anchitherium navasotae" = Anchitherium navasotae3, "Miohippus navasotae n. sp." = Anchitherium navasotae4, "Parahippus leonensis" = Parahippus leonensis5, "Merychippus socius n. sp." = Parahippus leonensis4, "Merychippus vellicans n. sp." = Parahippus leonensis4, "Archaeohippus blackbergi" = Archaeohippus blackbergi5, "Miohippus blackbergi n. sp." = Archaeohippus blackbergi4, "Parahippus minutalis n. sp." = Archaeohippus blackbergi4
"Parahippus leonensis" = Parahippus leonensis5 Sellards 1916 anchitheriine horse listed by Forsten 1975 at TMM 31084
"Archaeohippus blackbergi" = Archaeohippus blackbergi5 Hay 1924 anchitheriine horse listed by Forsten 1975 at TMM 31084
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"Tephrocyon scitulus n. sp." = Osbornodon scitulus5
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