Exell (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Moore County, Texas (36.0° N, 101.8° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 99.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ogallala Group, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest and J. T. Hughes. 1966. A New Mammalian Local Fauna from the Lower Pliocene of Texas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 69(1):79-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18149: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 18
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon cf. taxoides
Aelurodon cf. taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merychyus sp.3
Merychyus sp.3 Leidy 1858 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Tayassuinae indet.3
Tayassuinae indet.3 Palmer 1897 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Longirostromeryx sp.3
Longirostromeryx sp.3 Frick 1937 musk deer
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major2, Peraceras superciliosum2
Teleoceras major2 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
Peraceras superciliosum2 Cope 1880 rhinoceros
confirmed by Prothero and Manning 1987
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus fossulatus, Hipparionini indet., Pseudhipparion hessei1
Pliohippus fossulatus Cope 1893 horse
does seem to be Pliohippus, JA pers. obs. 8.1.95
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
JA pers. obs. 8.1.95: "Neohipparion occidentale"; specimen figured by Dalquest and Hughes is almost unplicated and could be a large "Hipparion" or Neohipparion affine
Pseudhipparion hessei1 Webb and Hulbert 1986 hipparionine horse
pers. commun.: "Nannippus gratus"; could easily include all figured "Calippus placidus" and "C. regulus" material; JA pers. obs. 8.1.95
1Hulbert 1989; 2Prothero 2005; 3Schultz 1990