V.V. Parker Pits (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Lipscomb County, Texas (36.1° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 98.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

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 18308: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippidion sp. Owen 1869 horse
described by MacFadden and Skinner 1979; said to be Pliohippus or Dinohippus by Alberdi and Prado 1992, but maintained by MacFadden 1997
 Artiodactyla -
Ruminantia indet. ruminant
"small"
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821 cat
"large"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Pits 1, 2, and 4
Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog