Lapara Creek Site 8, Ten Mile Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as George West; TMM 30936, Work Project No. 12592, Live Oak County Site VIII

Where: Live Oak County, Texas (28.3° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 95.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lapara Member (Goliad Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; conglomeratic, carbonaceous sandstone

• "cross-bedded sand and gravel"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA in 1939; reposited in the TMM

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1939. The second quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30,1939 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18640: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Evangelos Vlachos and Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• locality "8 1/2 miles below George West" of Weeks 1945 is fictional: Wilson 1956
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unclassified
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Pylodictis olivaris6
Pylodictis olivaris6
TMM 30936-111 centrum
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
cf. Gomphotherium sp.6
cf. Gomphotherium sp.6 Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equini indet.1, Pliohippus pernix6, Calippus regulus3, Calippus placidus4, Pseudhipparion curtivallum8, Hippotherium sp.1, "Nannippus cf. ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum5, Hypohippus affine2
Equini indet.1 Quinn 1955 horse
Pliohippus pernix6 Marsh 1874 horse
TMM 30936-61 m3, -158 M1/M2
Calippus regulus3 Johnston 1937 horse
Calippus placidus4 Leidy 1869 horse
Pseudhipparion curtivallum8 Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp.1 Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
"Nannippus cf. ingenuum" = Cormohipparion ingenuum5 Leidy 1885 hipparionine horse
Hypohippus affine2 anchitheriine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major6
Teleoceras major6 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Synthetoceras tricornatus2
Synthetoceras tricornatus2 Stirton 1932 protoceratid
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Merycodus sp.7
Merycodus sp.7 Leidy 1854 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet.2
Palaeomerycidae indet.2 Lydekker 1883 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Procamelus occidentalis6
Procamelus occidentalis6 Leidy 1858 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops xiphidonticus6
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Ischyrocyon gidleyi6
Ischyrocyon gidleyi6 Matthew 1902 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.2, Aelurodon taxoides6
Canidae indet.2 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
"small canid indet."
Aelurodon taxoides6 Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp.2
Hypolagus sp.2 Dice 1917 rabbit
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
"Ceratogaulus cf. rhinoceros" = Ceratogaulus rhinocerus6
"Ceratogaulus cf. rhinoceros" = Ceratogaulus rhinocerus6 Matthew 1902 rodent
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Apalone sp.6
Apalone sp.6 Rafinesque 1832 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet.6
Emydidae indet.6 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator sp.
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809 alligator
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus cf. lambda6
1Alroy 2002; 2Anonymous 1940; 3Forsten 1975; 4Hulbert 1988; 5Hulbert 1988; 6May 2019; 7Sellards 1941; 8Webb and Hulbert 1986