Also known as near Gay Hill
Where: Washington County, Texas (30.1° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 92.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hemingfordian to Hemingfordian (20.4 - 12.5 Ma)
• Although originally included in the Garvin Gully Fauna by Patton (1969b), there is some question about the exact stratigraphic level for this specimen. It may well belong in the Burkeville Fauna, as indicated by its large size.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor. 1971. The Synthetoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 145(2):119-218 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Beatty]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18636: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Prosynthetoceras texanus Hay 1924 protoceratid |