PBDB Collection

Reeves Bonebed (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as TMM 40209; Little Egypt L.F. in part

Where: Presidio County, Texas (29.9° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Chadronian (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: J. A. Wilson. 1977. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Trans-Pecos Texas. Part I: Vieja Area. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 25:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 17016: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

• underlies Bracks Rhyolite, dated by Prothero and Swisher 1992 at 36.67 +/- 0.04 Ma using SCLF AA on sanidine, and 36.73 +/- 0.13 Ma (AA) by Henry et al. 1994 (see Prothero 1996b); average is 36.70
"Hyaenodon sp." is apparently Hyaenodon cf. horridus from TMM 41025 (see), "same level as Reeves bonebed"; described by Gustafson 1986b

"Hyracodon sp." is omitted and not discussed by Wilson and Schiebout 1984

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Mammalia
Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae	Cylindrodon sp.¹, Ardynomys occidentalis, Pseudocylindrodon neglectus Cylindrodon sp.¹ Douglass 1902 rodent Ardynomys occidentalis Burke 1936 rodent see Wood 1974 Pseudocylindrodon neglectus Burke 1935 rodent see Wood 1974
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Aulolithomys cf. bounites Aulolithomys cf. bounites Black 1965 rodent see Wood 1974
Rodentia - Eutypomyidae	Eutypomys inexpectatus n. sp. Eutypomys inexpectatus n. sp. Wood 1974 rodent see Wood 1974
Rodentia - Ischyromyidae	Pseudotomus johanniculi¹ Pseudotomus johanniculi¹ Wood 1974 rodent
Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae	"Merycoidodon dunagani n. sp." = Aclistomycter dunagani, Bathygenys reevesi n. sp. "Merycoidodon dunagani n. sp." = Aclistomycter dunagani Wilson 1971 oreodont see Wilson 1971a Bathygenys reevesi n. sp. Wilson 1971 oreodont see Wilson 1971a
Artiodactyla - Oromerycidae	Eotylopus cf. reedi Eotylopus cf. reedi Matthew 1910 even-toed ungulate described by Wilson 1974
Artiodactyla - Agriochoeridae	Agriochoerus antiquus Agriochoerus antiquus Leidy 1850 agriochoerid not described by Wilson 1971a
Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae	Menops bakeri¹ Menops bakeri¹ Stovall 1948 brontothere
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Mesohippus texanus Mesohippus texanus McGrew 1971 anchitheriine horse not described by McGrew 1971
Perissodactyla - Tapiridae	Colodon stovalli⁴ Colodon stovalli⁴ Wilson and Schiebout 1984 tapir
Carnivora - Amphicyonidae	"Miacis cognitus n. sp." = Gustafsonia cognita², Brachyrhynchocyon dodgei² "Miacis cognitus n. sp." = Gustafsonia cognita² Gustafson 1986 bear-dog Brachyrhynchocyon dodgei² Scott 1898 bear-dog
Leptictida - Leptictidae	Leptictis wilsoni n. sp. Leptictis wilsoni n. sp. Novacek 1976 eutherian see Novacek 1976
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora - Camaenidae	Pleurodonte (Pleurodonte) wilsoni³ Pleurodonte (Pleurodonte) wilsoni³ Roth 1984 slug
- Helminthoglyptidae	Xerarionta waltmilleri n. sp.³ Xerarionta waltmilleri n. sp.³ Roth 1984 cactus snail

¹Alroy 2002; ²Gustafson 1986; ³Roth 1984; ⁴Wilson and Schiebout 1984