Axtel: Late/Upper Hemphillian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) sp.
(Williams 1950)
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Auffenberg 1962 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Hesperotestudo | ||||||||||
| "Axtel fauna, Harrell Ranch, Loc. 2, bed 1... probably turgida" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Agriotherium sp.
Wagner 1837
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Pliotaxidea sp.
Hall 1944
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Borophagus hilli n. sp.
(Johnston 1939)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
| of Johnston 1939 "B. direptor" of Kurten and Anderson 1980 | ||||||||||
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Caninae indet.
Gill 1872
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| (possibly Eucyon) | ||||||||||
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= Eucyon davisi
Merriam 1911
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus sp.
Kaup 1833
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Neohipparion cf. eurystyle
(Cope 1893)
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Nannippus aztecus
Mooser 1968
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
| pers. commun.: "N. cf. lenticularis" | ||||||||||
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Astrohippus cf. stockii
(Lance 1950)
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| original and current combination Pliohippus (Astrohippus) stockii | ||||||||||
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Dinohippus cf. mexicanus
(Lance 1950)
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| original and current combination Pliohippus (Pliohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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= Tayassuinae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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| see also Harrison 1985 | ||||||||||
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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| original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
| see also Webb 1965, Harrison 1985 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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? Hexobelomeryx sp.
Furlong 1941
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Mylagaulidae
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Mylagaulus sp.
Cope 1878
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= Mylagaulidae indet.
Cope 1881
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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= Geomyidae indet.
Bonaparte 1845
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Randall |
| Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 101.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 100.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Miocene |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Hemphillian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UCMP V-5319 | ||
| Database number: | 18036 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2011-09-06 21:06:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 6209. | G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 16: Late Hemphillian faunas of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Tertiary and Quaternary stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of parts of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico; Guidebook - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin 104-111 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 27051 | W. Auffenberg. 1962. A new species of Geochelone from the Pleistocene of Texas. Copeia 1962(3):627-636 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 1952 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 52058 | R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd] | |
| 3558 | X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |