Medio Creek Site No. 19, Richards farm: Clarendonian, Texas
collected by WPA 1940–1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Ameiurus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus sp.
Leidy 1854
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Merycodontinae indet.
Matthew 1904
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Patton 1969 | |||||||||
Ramoceros ramosus
(Cope 1874)
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-28 m3 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx sp.
Cope 1877
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Pseudoceras skinneri
Frick 1937
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-109 partial left dentary with p4-m1 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Synthetoceras tricornatus
Stirton 1932
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-84 m3 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus sp.
Schultz and Falkenbach 1941
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 | |||||||||
= Merychyus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Oreodontidae indet.
Leidy 1869
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Metoreodon sp.
Matthew and Cook 1909
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Ustatochoerus cf. medius
Leidy 1858
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May 2019 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-25 partial right dentary with p4-m2, -114 left M2 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Alticamelus sp.
Matthew 1901
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
synonym of Aepycamelus | ||||||||||
Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Procamelus occidentalis
Leidy 1858
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Patton 1969 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Pliohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Calippus martini
Hesse 1936
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Calippus sp.
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Calippus regulus
Johnston 1937
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Nannippus cf. ingenuum
Leidy 1885
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum | ||||||||||
Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Neohipparion occidentale
Leidy 1856
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Pseudhipparion curtivallum
(Quinn 1955)
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Webb and Hulbert 1986 | |||||||||
Hipparion tehonense
(Merriam 1916)
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May 2019 | |||||||||
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense | ||||||||||
TMM 31170-90 M1/M2, -188 M1/M2, -189 P3/P4, -190 P3/P4, -191 P3/P4, -192 m1/m2, -193 M1/M2, -194 M3, -195 M3, -196 M1/M2, 198 M1/M2, -288 P3/P4, -920 M1/M2 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Amphicyon sp.
Lartet 1836
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-64 partial left dentary with m1, -65 right M2 | ||||||||||
= cf. Aelurodon sp.
Leidy 1858
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
= Aelurodon taxoides
Hatcher 1894
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May 2019 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus sp.
Cope 1878
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-67 left P4 | ||||||||||
= Ceratogaulus cf. rhinoceros
Matthew 1902
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May 2019 | |||||||||
misspelling Ceratogaulus rhinocerus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-47 upper tusk fragment | ||||||||||
= cf. Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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May 2019 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Theropoda
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
TMM 31170-31, -42, -226 teeth | ||||||||||
= Alligator cf. mississippiensis
Daudin 1801
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May 2019 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bee |
Coordinates: | 28.5° North, 97.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 29.0° North, 95.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Goliad | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: base of formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lenticular sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | brown,red lithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "The fossils were in sand lenses interbedded with clay ball conglomerates, in a channel fill which cuts deeply into a resistant reddish brown sandstone." | |
Environment: | fine channel fill |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1940–1941 |
Taxonomic list comments:may or may not be the Medio Creek site 2 mi SE of Normana of Weeks 1945; apparently the specimens are at UCMP and were not seen by later authors status of Weeks' "2 miles north of the Beevile-Goliad highway" locality on Medio Creek is unclear |
Metadata
Also known as: | Lapara Creek fauna; TMM 31170; east of Normanna, WPA, Work Project No. 12510, | ||
Database number: | 18645 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2020-01-17 15:32:50 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
71466. | Anonymous. 1940. The seventh quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31, 1940 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 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
71467 | Anonymous. 1941. The eighth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 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 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
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] | |
1504 | A. -M. Forsten. 1975. The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision . Pearce-Sellards Series 22:1-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
1949 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 32(3):221-340 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] | |
1951 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
68632 | S. R. May. 2019. The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica (22.1.15)1-129 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
2737 | T. H. Patton. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
3069 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1968. The Phylogeny of the Oreodonts. Part 1: Merycoidodontinae, Eporeodontinae, and Leptaucheniinae, Three Subfamilies Of Oreodonts, With an Appendix to the Revision Of The Merycoidodontidae, and Part 2. Summary and Conclusions Concerning the Merycoidodontidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 139:1-498 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
71494 | 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] | |
6227 | S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |