Capps/George Neu/Pratt Pitts (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Ellis County, Oklahoma (36.1° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 98.1° 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 18088: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• from "low in the local Ogallala section" and "apparently" older than Arnett; Tedford et al. 1987 strongly imply that there are more specific stratigraphic data to support this claim
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion leptode, Equini indet.
Neohipparion leptode Merriam 1915 hipparionine horse
Equini indet. Quinn 1955 horse
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocaprinae indet.
Antilocaprinae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Megatylopus sp., Hemiauchenia sp., Procamelus sp., Aepycamelus sp.
Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858 camel
Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956 camel
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
"Gomphotherium or Amebelodon sp."