Also known as WPA, Work Project No. 17060, Coldspring, TMM 31191
Where: San Jacinto County, Texas (30.6° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 92.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Fleming Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by WPA in 1941; reposited in the TMM
Collection methods: quarrying, 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 207493: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.01.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809 alligator | |
Mammalia | |
"Trilophodon sp." = Gomphotherium
"Trilophodon sp." = Gomphotherium Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Tomarctus sp. Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog | |
Camelidae indet., "Alticamelus sp." = Aepycamelus
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"Alticamelus sp." = Aepycamelus Macdonald 1956 camel | |
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904 peccary | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877 musk deer | |
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883 ruminant | |
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros | |
Calippus sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse
Nannippus sp. Matthew 1926 hipparionine horse
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856 horse |