Buckner Ranch Locality, Site 1 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Lapara Creek fauna; TMM 30896, Work Project No. 12510

Where: Bee County, Texas (28.6° N, 97.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 95.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lapara Member (Goliad Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA in 1939–1940; reposited in the TMM

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1939. The first quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30,1939 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 1-22+ [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18611: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Matthew Carrano and Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• said to be near top of member
misidentified as Farish Ranch/Berclair by Prothero and Manning 1987
Aves
  -
Aves indet.2 Linnaeus 1758 bird
"birds"
Reptilia
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator cf. mississippiensis5 Daudin 1801 American alligator
TMM 30896-280 partial skull, -335, -372 osteoderms, -357, -336 teeth
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp.5 Williams 1950 turtle
TMM 30896-328 carapace
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone sp.5 Rafinesque 1832 softshell turtle
TMM 30896-144 hyoplastron-hypoplastron, -377 costals, -635, -636 plastron fragments
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon sp.2 Owen 1839 glyptodon
2 carapace fragments
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Gnathabelodon buckneri n. sp." = Blancotherium buckneri7
"Gnathabelodon buckneri n. sp." = Blancotherium buckneri7 Sellards 1940 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Canidae
Leptocyon vafer5 Leidy 1858 canine
TMM 30896-241 partial dentary with p2-m2
Leptocyon vafer11 Leidy 1858 canine
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Hippotigris sellardsi n. sp." = Protohippus supremus7 Leidy 1869 horse
"Calippus anatinus n. sp." = Calippus regulus7 Johnston 1937 horse
Calippus martini4 Hesse 1936 horse
Calippus placidus4 Leidy 1869 horse
Hipparion tehonense5 Merriam 1916 hipparionine horse
TMM 30896-537 M3, -629 P4, -630 M1/M2, -631 M1/M2
Pseudhipparion curtivallum10 Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
Neohipparion affine3 Leidy 1869 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
confirmed by Hulbert 1988c: "N. cf. ingenuum" of Forsten 1975
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major5 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Nothotylopus camptognathus5 Patton 1969 camel
TMM 30896-198 partial right dentary
Protolabis cf. yavapaiensis5 Honey and Taylor 1978 camel
TMM 30896-296 partial left dentary with p3 (roots only), p4, m1, m2, m3 (early eruption)
Procamelus grandis6 Gregory 1939 camel
Procamelus occidentalis6 Leidy 1858 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
Prosthennops xiphidonticus5 peccary
TMM 30896-412 M1
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet.1 ruminant
astragalus
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Pseudoceras skinneri5 Frick 1937 ruminant
TMM 30896-326 partial right dentary with p3-m3, -496 partial dentary with p3-m3
Pseudoceras skinneri9 Frick 1937 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocaprinae indet.1 Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
astragalus
Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.8 Agassiz 1843 gar
 Siluriformes - Siluridae
Ameiurus sp.8 Rafinesque 1820 catfish