PBDB Collection

Rowe Ranch (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as includes Lewis Quarries 1 - 8, 11; Gidley's Three-Toed Horse Quarry; Vaugh Quarry; Leaf Hills 1 -5; Spade Flats; F:AM Whitefish Creek prospects; F:AM Chamberlain Quarries; Gidley Horse Quarry

Where: Donley County, Texas (35.0° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 98.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 14: The Clarendonian 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 83-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18355: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Testudines - Kinosternoidea	Kinosternon pannekollops n. sp.³ Kinosternon pannekollops n. sp.³ Bourque 2015 mud turtle FAM 12778 (holotype) from "Lewis Quarry 7", nearly complete shell of an adult, consisting of the carapace and plastron
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Proboscidea	Proboscidea indet.¹ Proboscidea indet.¹ proboscidean
Rodentia - Mylagaulidae	Mylagaulidae indet.¹ Mylagaulidae indet.¹ Cope 1881 rodent
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Barbourofelis cf. whitfordi Barbourofelis cf. whitfordi Barbour and Cook 1915 false sabre-tooth at Rowe Ranch Quarry 7
Carnivora - Canidae	Aelurodon taxoides, Epicyon haydeni⁷, Epicyon saevus², Paratomarctus euthos¹, Carpocyon robustus⁷, Cynarctus crucidens¹ Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog said by Wang et al. 1999 to be from "White Fish Creek... Quarry 7"; "Quarry 4"; and "Hill top west of California Quarry" Epicyon haydeni⁷ Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "White Fish Creek... Quarry 1" Epicyon saevus² Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog Whitefish Creek Quarry 1; confirmed by Wang et al. 1999, who add records at "Whitefish Creek, Quarry 7" and "Lewis Place, Location 5, Quarry 2" Paratomarctus euthos¹ McGrew 1935 bone-crushing dog Carpocyon robustus⁷ Green 1948 bone-crushing dog "Quarry 1, Spade Flats" Cynarctus crucidens¹ Barbour and Cook 1914 bone-crushing dog
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	"Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus¹ "Merychyus novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus¹ Frick 1929 oreodont
Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae	Synthetoceras tricornatus⁵ Synthetoceras tricornatus⁵ Stirton 1932 protoceratid
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Tayassuinae indet.¹ Tayassuinae indet.¹ Palmer 1897 peccary
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Hypohippus affinis, Calippus regulus⁴, Calippus martini⁴, Pliohippus fossulatus⁶, Cormohipparion skinneri n. sp.⁸, Hippotherium sp. Hypohippus affinis Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse Calippus regulus⁴ Johnston 1937 horse pers. commun. Calippus martini⁴ Hesse 1936 horse pers. commun. Pliohippus fossulatus⁶ Cope 1893 horse see also Kelly 1998b, who places this at UCMP V-37026 Cormohipparion skinneri n. sp.⁸ Woodburne 2007 hipparionine horse Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse JA pers. obs.: "Cormohipparion occidentale"; large, shallow-notch form at Chamberlain's Quarry No. 7
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Teleoceras major Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros Spade Flats

¹Alroy 2002; ²Baskin 1998; ³Bourque 2015; ⁴Hulbert 1989; ⁵Patton and Taylor 1971; ⁶Stirton and Chamberlain 1939; ⁷Wang et al. 1999; ⁸Woodburne 2007