PBDB Collection

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: 31.2° N, 93.4° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Lapara Member (Goliad Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 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 Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

• said to be near top of member
misidentified as Farish Ranch/Berclair by Prothero and Manning 1987

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

¹Alroy 2002; ²Anonymous 1939; ³Hulbert 1987; ⁴Hulbert 1988; ⁵May 2019; ⁶Patton 1969; ⁷Sellards 1940; ⁸Sellards 1941; ⁹Webb 2008; ¹⁰Webb and Hulbert 1986; ¹¹Wilson 1960