Meade's Quarry 11 ( of the United States)

Also known as TMM 31181, WPA, Site 11

Where: Crosby County, Texas (33.8° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 100.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Blanco Formation, Blancan (4.9 - 1.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA in 1941; reposited in the TMM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1941 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 1-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 20027: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Tanupolama blancoensis n. sp." = Hemiauchenia blancoensis2, "Camelops cf. traviswhitei" = Camelops hesternus1, Gigantocamelus spatulus2
"Tanupolama blancoensis n. sp." = Hemiauchenia blancoensis2 Meade 1945 camel
"Camelops cf. traviswhitei" = Camelops hesternus1 Leidy 1873 camel
Gigantocamelus spatulus2 Cope 1893 camel
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Panthera palaeoonca n. sp." = Dinofelis palaeoonca2
"Panthera palaeoonca n. sp." = Dinofelis palaeoonca2 Meade 1945 cat