Coffee Ranch (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as Miami Quarry; Reed and Longnecker Locality 20; TMM 41261; UCMP V-2823

Where: Hemphill County, Texas (35.9° N, 100.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 98.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 16: Late Hemphillian faunas of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Tertiary and Quaternary stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of parts of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico; Guidebook - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin 104-111 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18097: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot and John Orcutt

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Taxonomic list

• preliminary list given by Matthew and Stirton 1930a
in a normal zone; based on FT zircon date of 6.8 +/- 0.2 Ma this should be C & K 92 zone C3Bn (old C6N), NOT old upper zone C5N, contra MacFadden et al. 1979; FT date also is supported by correlation by Perkins 1998 of this ash with the Blacktail Creek ash bed, dated at 6.7 +/- 0.10 Ma in Idaho by K-Ar; this correlation is confirmed by Passey et al. 2002, who report a revised Ar/Ar date of 6.62 Ma for the Idaho ash
NISP 3259: Shotwell 1958a; this probably excludes more recent collections of Dalquest
record of "Perognathus sp." is erroneous: Dalquest and Patrick 1989; they repeat the record in their list but argue against the i.d. in the text (!)
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
? Rhynchotherium sp. Falconer 1868 gomphothere
  - Mylodontidae
Thinobadistes sp. Hay 1919 edentate
described by Webb 1989
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Hesperoscalops ruficervus1 Dalquest 1969 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus secundus1 VanderHoof 1931 bone-crushing dog
Eucyon davisi1 Merriam 1911 canine
Vulpes stenognathus Savage 1941 fox
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pliotaxidea cf. nevadensis Butterworth 1916 badger
Plesiogulo marshalli Martin 1928 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri1
"Agriotherium schneideri" = Huracan schneideri1 Sellards 1916 bear
 Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx proterolyncis1, "Pseudaelurus hibbardi n. sp." = Nimravides hibbardi, "Machairodus cf. coloradensis" = Amphimachairodus coloradensis, Machairodus lahayishupup7
Lynx proterolyncis1 Savage 1941 lynx
"Pseudaelurus hibbardi n. sp." = Nimravides hibbardi Dalquest 1969 cat
"Machairodus cf. coloradensis" = Amphimachairodus coloradensis Cook 1922 cat
Machairodus lahayishupup7 Orcutt and Calede 2021 cat
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops cf. serus1 Cope 1877 peccary
"Platygonus pollenae" = Platygonus brachirostris9 Shotwell 1956 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Megatylopus matthewi n. sp.3, "Pliauchenia hemphillensis n. sp." = Alforjas taylori3, "Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera
Megatylopus matthewi n. sp.3 Webb 1965 camel
see Webb 1965
"Pliauchenia hemphillensis n. sp." = Alforjas taylori3 Harrison 1979 camel
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Texoceros altidens Matthew 1924 pronghorn
includes "Capromeryx texanus" type of Hesse 1935; see also Frick 1937
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx hemphillensis n. sp. Stirton 1936 ruminant
see Stirton 1936; includes "Yumaceras falkenbachi" of Frick 1937
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras guymonense8 Prothero 2005 rhinoceros
Teleoceras hicksi8 Cook 1927 rhinoceros
Aphelops mutilus10 Matthew 1924 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippotherium sp.5 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
Nannippus lenticularis Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Nannippus aztecus Mooser 1968 hipparionine horse
sensu Hulbert 1990
"Hesperohipparion stirtoni n. sp." = Neohipparion eurystyle4 Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion leptode Merriam 1915 hipparionine horse
Astrohippus ansae n. sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
see Matthew and Stirton 1930b
Pliohippus bakeri n. sp.2 Azzaroli 1988 horse
Dinohippus interpolatus Cope 1893 horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus gidleyi11 White 1988 rabbit
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulidae indet.6 Cope 1881 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Prosigmodon sp. Jacobs and Lindsay 1981 mouse
? Paronychomys sp. Jacobs 1977 mouse
Neotoma minutus Dalquest 1983 pack rat
Bensonomys coffeyi1 Dalquest 1983 mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Kansasimys dubius1 Wood 1936 rodent
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Progeomys sulcatus n. sp. Dalquest 1983 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
? Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939 rodent
Cupidinimus sp. Wood 1935 rodent
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus hemphillensis n. sp. house bat
a bat