Christian Ranch (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-5328; Christian Place Quarry

Where: Armstrong County, Texas (35.0° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 35.3° N, 99.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 16: Late 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 104-111 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18093: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• Richey 1979 is uncertain that F:AM Christian Place and UCMP Christian Ranch are exactly the same locality, but Schultz implies that they are
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
? Rhynchotherium sp. Falconer 1868 gomphothere
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitinae indet. Bonaparte 1845 skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus hilli3 Johnston 1939 bone-crushing dog
Christian Place Quarry; "B. sp." Richey 1979; "Osteoborus sp."
Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
"? Machairodont"
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Neohipparion cf. eurystyle Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Astrohippus cf. stockii Lance 1950 horse
Dinohippus cf. mexicanus Lance 1950 horse
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.1 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
? Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
see also Harrison 1985
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Hexobelomeryx sp. Furlong 1941 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Pediomeryx hemphillensis2 Stirton 1936 ruminant
"Christian Pit 2" (thought to be Christian Ranch)