Reeves Bonebed: Chadronian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Ardynomys occidentalis
Burke 1936
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see Wood 1974 | ||||||||||
Pseudocylindrodon neglectus
Burke 1935
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see Wood 1974 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Cylindrodon fontis
Douglass 1902
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= Cylindrodon sp.
Douglass 1902
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see Wood 1974, and discussion of this species by Emry and Korth 1996a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eutypomyidae
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Eutypomys inexpectatus n. sp.
Wood 1974
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see Wood 1974 (8 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Eomyidae
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Aulolithomys cf. bounites
Black 1965
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see Wood 1974 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Manitsha johanniculi n. sp.
Wood 1974
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Pseudotomus johanniculi
Wood 1974
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see Wood 1974 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Amphicyonidae
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Miacis sp.
Cope 1872
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(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Miacis cognitus n. sp.
Gustafson 1986
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Gustafson 1986 | |||||||||
recombined as Gustafsonia cognita | ||||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
Daphoenocyon dodgei
(Scott 1898)
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(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
= Brachyrhynchocyon dodgei
Scott 1898
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Gustafson 1986 | |||||||||
"Daphyaenocyon sp." said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Bathygenys reevesi n. sp.
Wilson 1971
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see Wilson 1971a (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Merycoidodon dunagani n. sp.
Wilson 1971
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recombined as Aclistomycter dunagani | ||||||||||
see Wilson 1971a (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Agriochoeridae
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Agriochoerus antiquus
Leidy 1850
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not described by Wilson 1971a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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Eotylopus cf. reedi
Matthew 1910
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described by Wilson 1974 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mesohippus texanus
McGrew 1971
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not described by McGrew 1971 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Colodon sp.
Marsh 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
= Colodon stovalli
Wilson and Schiebout 1984
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Wilson and Schiebout 1984 | |||||||||
said to be new | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Brontotheriidae
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Menodus bakeri
Stovall 1948
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= Menops bakeri
Stovall 1948
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
see Wilson 1977a | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Leptictidae
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Leptictis wilsoni n. sp.
Novacek 1976
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see Novacek 1976 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Helminthoglyptidae
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Xerarionta waltmilleri n. sp.
Roth 1984
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Roth 1984 | 18 specimens | ||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Camaenidae
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Pleurodonte (Pleurodonte) wilsoni
Roth 1984
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Roth 1984 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Presidio |
Coordinates: | 29.9° North, 104.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.3° North, 96.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Chadronian | ||
Age range of interval: | 37.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Vieja | Local bed: | 7 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Museum repositories: | TMM |
Taxonomic list comments:underlies Bracks Rhyolite, dated by Prothero and Swisher 1992 at 36.67 +/- 0.04 Ma using SCLF AA on sanidine, and 36.73 +/- 0.13 Ma (AA) by Henry et al. 1994 (see Prothero 1996b); average is 36.70 "Hyaenodon sp." is apparently Hyaenodon cf. horridus from TMM 41025 (see), "same level as Reeves bonebed"; described by Gustafson 1986b "Hyracodon sp." is omitted and not discussed by Wilson and Schiebout 1984 |
Metadata
Also known as: | TMM 40209; Little Egypt L.F. in part | ||
Database number: | 17016 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:41 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-02-18 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3665. | J. A. Wilson. 1977. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Trans-Pecos Texas. Part I: Vieja Area. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 25:1-42 [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] | |
1758 | E. P. Gustafson. 1986. Carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 33:1-66 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
67996 | B. Roth. 1984. Lysinoe (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) and other land snails from Eocene-Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas, and their paleoclimatic significance. The Veliger 27(2):200-218 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
3670 | J. A. Wilson and J. A. Schiebout. 1984. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Trans-Pecos Texas: Ceratomorpha less Amynodontidae. Pearce-Sellards Series 39:1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |