Reeves Bonebed: Chadronian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae
Ardynomys occidentalis Burke 1936
see Wood 1974
Pseudocylindrodon neglectus Burke 1935
see Wood 1974 (3 measurements)
Cylindrodon fontis Douglass 1902
    = Cylindrodon sp. Douglass 1902
Alroy 2002
see Wood 1974, and discussion of this species by Emry and Korth 1996a
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eutypomyidae
Eutypomys inexpectatus n. sp. Wood 1974
see Wood 1974 (8 measurements)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Aulolithomys cf. bounites Black 1965
see Wood 1974 (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Manitsha johanniculi n. sp. Wood 1974
(1 measurement)
    = Pseudotomus johanniculi Wood 1974
Alroy 2002
see Wood 1974
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Miacis sp. Cope 1872
(3 measurements)
    = Miacis cognitus n. sp. Gustafson 1986
Gustafson 1986
recombined as Gustafsonia cognita
said to be new
Daphoenocyon dodgei (Scott 1898)
(6 measurements)
    = Brachyrhynchocyon dodgei Scott 1898
Gustafson 1986
"Daphyaenocyon sp." said to be new
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Bathygenys reevesi n. sp. Wilson 1971
see Wilson 1971a (1 measurement)
Merycoidodon dunagani n. sp. Wilson 1971
recombined as Aclistomycter dunagani
see Wilson 1971a (3 measurements)
Mammalia - Agriochoeridae
Agriochoerus antiquus Leidy 1850
not described by Wilson 1971a
Mammalia - Oromerycidae
Eotylopus cf. reedi Matthew 1910
described by Wilson 1974 (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Mesohippus texanus McGrew 1971
not described by McGrew 1971
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Colodon sp. Marsh 1890
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
    = Colodon stovalli Wilson and Schiebout 1984
Wilson and Schiebout 1984
said to be new
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Menodus bakeri Stovall 1948
    = Menops bakeri Stovall 1948
Alroy 2002
see Wilson 1977a
Mammalia - Leptictidae
Leptictis wilsoni n. sp. Novacek 1976
see Novacek 1976 (3 measurements)
Gastropoda - Helminthoglyptidae
Xerarionta waltmilleri n. sp. Roth 1984
Roth 1984 18 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Camaenidae
Pleurodonte (Pleurodonte) wilsoni Roth 1984
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]