Skyline (TMM 41580): Duchesnean, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Acreodi
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Simidectes magnus
(Peterson 1919)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| described by Gustafson 1979 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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? Duchesneodus cf. uintensis
(Peterson 1931)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Hyracodontidae
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? Hyracodon sp.
Leidy 1856
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Amynodontidae
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Amynodontopsis bodei
Stock 1933
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| see Wilson and Schiebout 1981; (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Protoreodon pumilus
(Marsh 1875)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Agriochoerus sp.
Leidy 1850
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Leptomerycidae
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Hendryomeryx sp.
Black 1978
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Leptoreodon sp.
Wortman 1898
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Aguafriamys raineyi n. sp.
Wilson and Runkel 1991
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Wilson and Runkel 1991 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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? Leptotomus coelumensis n. sp.
Wilson and Stevens 1986
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Mytonomys coelumensis
Wilson and Stevens 1986
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Brewster |
| Coordinates: | 29.2° North, 103.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 95.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Duchesnean | ||
| Age range of interval: | 39.7 - 37 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Devil's Graveyard | Member: | Bandera Mesa |
| Local section: | BuckH | Local bed: | 5 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection size: | 9 specimens |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:overlies Middle Mbr. and underlies Dogie Creek; at same level as Cotter Channels | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 16856 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, C. Boyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, C. Boyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3671. | J. A. Wilson and M. S. Stevens. 1986. Fossil vertebrates from the latest Eocene, Skyline channels, Trans-Pecos Texas. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming Special Paper 3:221-235 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 67879 | J. A. Wilson and A. C. Runkel. 1991. Prolapsus, a large sciuravid rodent, and new eomyids from the late Eocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. Pearce-Sellards Series 48:1-30 [C. Boyd/C. Boyd] |