PBDB Collection

Box T (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Lipscomb County, Texas (36.1° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 98.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 15: Early 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 95-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• stratigraphic position based on presumed correlation of massive sandstone with mortar bed at Higgins

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Mammalia
Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae	Amebelodon cf. fricki Amebelodon cf. fricki Barbour 1927 gomphothere
Carnivora - Ursidae	Indarctos sp. Indarctos sp. Pilgrim 1913 bear mentioned by Harrison 1983
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Eomellivora sp., Leptarctus supremus n. sp.⁴, Sthenictis sp. Eomellivora sp. Zdansky 1924 ratel Leptarctus supremus n. sp.⁴ Lim et al. 2001 mustelid carnivore Sthenictis sp. Peterson 1910 mustelid carnivore mentioned by Breyer 1981
Carnivora - Felidae	Machairodus sp., Nimravides cf. thinobates Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat Nimravides cf. thinobates Macdonald 1948 cat
Carnivora - Canidae	Metalopex bakeri n. sp.⁷, Epicyon haydeni¹, Epicyon saevus⁸, Borophagus sp.¹, Borophagus cf. pugnator¹ Metalopex bakeri n. sp.⁷ Tedford et al. 2009 canine Epicyon haydeni¹ Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog Epicyon saevus⁸ Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog "Bridge Creek, Box T Ranch, north of Higgins" Borophagus sp.¹ Cope 1892 bone-crushing dog Borophagus cf. pugnator¹ Cook 1922 bone-crushing dog
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	? Osbornoceros sp. ? Osbornoceros sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn "Plioceros or Texoceros" is also listed
Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae	"Pediomeryx cf. figginsi" = Yumaceras figginsi "Pediomeryx cf. figginsi" = Yumaceras figginsi Frick 1937 ruminant described by Webb 1983
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	Pseudoceras sp. Pseudoceras sp. Frick 1937 ruminant
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Prosthennops serus¹ Prosthennops serus¹ Cope 1877 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelidae indet.¹, Megatylopus sp., Hemiauchenia sp. Camelidae indet.¹ Gray 1821 camel Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Astrohippus sp., Protohippus gidleyi³, Calippus "large"², Pliohippus nobilis³, Neohipparion leptode, Hippotherium sp.¹ Astrohippus sp. Stirton 1940 horse Protohippus gidleyi³ Hulbert 1988 horse pers. commun. Calippus "large"² Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse Pliohippus nobilis³ Osborn 1918 horse pers. commun.: "P. sp." Neohipparion leptode Merriam 1915 hipparionine horse described by Hulbert 1987 Hippotherium sp.¹ Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae	Teleoceras hicksi⁶, Teleoceras fossiger⁵, Aphelops mutilus⁶, Aphelops malacorhinus⁵ Teleoceras hicksi⁶ Cook 1927 rhinoceros Teleoceras fossiger⁵ Cope 1878 rhinoceros pers. comm.: "T. sp." Aphelops mutilus⁶ Matthew 1924 rhinoceros "Box T Ranch, Ranch West Draw" and "First Valley, West Pit 1" Aphelops malacorhinus⁵ Cope 1878 rhinoceros pers. comm.: "A. sp."
Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae	Pliometanastes cf. protistus Pliometanastes cf. protistus Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 edentate described by Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
- Mylodontidae	Thinobadistes wetzeli Thinobadistes wetzeli Webb 1989 edentate described by Webb 1989

¹Alroy 2002; ²Breyer 1981; ³Hulbert 1989; ⁴Lim et al. 2001; ⁵Prothero 1989; ⁶Prothero 2005; ⁷Tedford et al. 2009; ⁸Wang et al. 1999