Buis Ranch (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Beaver County, Oklahoma (36.9° N, 100.3° W: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 98.6° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1954. A New Pliocene Vertebrate Fauna From Oklahoma. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 39:339-359 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18076: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jason Head

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• this is NOT in the Rexroad Fm., but rather in the Ogallala: Hibbard 1963c

•"Vulpes sp." of Taylor and Hibbard 1959 is omitted in list of Taylor 1960

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Lampropeltis doliata2, Elaphe buisi n. sp.4, Elaphe cf. obsoleta2, Coluber constrictor2, Thamnophis sp.2, Heterodon plionasicus2
Lampropeltis doliata2 colubrid snake
Elaphe buisi n. sp.4 colubrid snake
singel individual
Elaphe cf. obsoleta2 Say 1823 black rat snake
"Elaphe near obsoleta"
Coluber constrictor2 Linnaeus 1758 black racer
Thamnophis sp.2 Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
Heterodon plionasicus2 Peters 1953 hog-nosed snake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus cf. viridis2
Crotalus cf. viridis2 Rafinesque 1818 prairie rattlesnake
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Testudo riggsi" = Hesperotestudo turgida6
"Testudo riggsi" = Hesperotestudo turgida6 Cope 1892 turtle
as "Testudo turgida"
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Buisnictis schoffi n. sp.
Buisnictis schoffi n. sp. Hibbard 1954 skunk
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Lynx rexroadensis" = Felis rexroadensis8
"Lynx rexroadensis" = Felis rexroadensis8 Stephens 1959 cat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pseudhipparion simpsoni5, Nannippus sp.
Pseudhipparion simpsoni5 Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse
see also reference 1958
Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
discussed in footnote
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus9
"Catagonus brachydontus" = Protherohyus brachydontus9 Dalquest and Mooser 1980 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera3
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera3 Matthew 1909 camel
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
"Hesperoscalops sp." = Scalopus
"Hesperoscalops sp." = Scalopus Geoffroy 1803 mole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetidae indet.
Cricetidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus rexroadensis7, Spermophilus dotti1
Spermophilus rexroadensis7 Hibbard 1941 ground squirrel
Spermophilus dotti1 Hibbard 1954 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Pliogeomys buisi n. sp.
Pliogeomys buisi n. sp. Hibbard 1954 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus cf. mclaughlini, Prodipodomys sp.
Perognathus cf. mclaughlini Hibbard 1949 pocket mouse
Prodipodomys sp. Hibbard 1939 rodent
1Alroy 2002; 2Brattstrom 1967; 3Hibbard 1963; 4Holman 1973; 5Hulbert et al. 2005; 6Oelrich 1957; 7Taylor and Hibbard 1959; 8Werdelin 1985; 9Wright 1989