MacAdams Quarry: Clarendonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mionictis sp.
Matthew 1924
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Harrison 1981 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Aelurodon taxoides
Hatcher 1894
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Schultz 1990 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Paratomarctus euthos
(McGrew 1935)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Epicyon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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Baskin 1998 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Cynarctus crucidens
Barbour and Cook 1914
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Nimravidae
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Barbourofelis whitfordi
(Barbour and Cook 1915)
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pers. commun. | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus affinis
(Leidy 1858)
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Schultz 1990 | |||||||||
Cormohipparion fricki n. sp.
Woodburne 2007
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Woodburne 2007 | |||||||||
Neohipparion affine
(Leidy 1869)
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MacFadden 1984 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Pseudhipparion hessei n. sp.
Webb and Hulbert 1986
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Webb and Hulbert 1986 | |||||||||
Hipparion tehonense
(Merriam 1916)
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MacFadden 1984 | |||||||||
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense | ||||||||||
probably includes Nannippus "A" of Hulbert 1989 pers. commun.: JA pers. obs. 1/93 | ||||||||||
Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
JA pers. obs.: large, shallow- notch "occidentale" | ||||||||||
Protohippus supremus
Leidy 1869
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
Calippus placidus
(Leidy 1869)
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pers. commun. (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Calippus martini
Hesse 1936
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pers. commun. (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Calippus regulus
Johnston 1937
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Hulbert 1988 | |||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Pliohippus fossulatus
(Cope 1893)
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Dalquest and Hughes 1966 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras major
Hatcher 1894
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Ustatochoerus profectus
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 | |||||||||
= Merychyus novomexicanus
Frick 1929
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
invalid subgroup of Ustatochoerus medius | ||||||||||
also at Lull Quarry "W. of MacAdams Quarry" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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Schultz 1977 | |||||||||
= Tayassuidae indet.
Palmer 1897
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
1990c: status unclear in light of Wright 1983, who lists new species "C," and Wright 1998, who lists no specifically determinate material | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Breyer 1983 | |||||||||
= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Aepycamelus sp.
Macdonald 1956
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Breyer 1983 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Synthetoceras tricornatus
Stirton 1932
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Patton and Taylor 1971 | |||||||||
Paratoceras macadamsi n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
see also Patton and Taylor 1973 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Longirostromeryx clarendonensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
also at "Carrell Creek" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Cranioceras clarendonensis n. sp.
Frick 1937
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Frick 1937 | |||||||||
synonym of Cranioceras teres | ||||||||||
see also Webb 1983 (6 measurements) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Donley |
Coordinates: | 35.0° North, 100.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.5° North, 98.3° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Clare | Local bed: | 1 |
Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Grant Quarry; Porter Ranch | ||
Database number: | 18244 | ||
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: | 2009-12-18 11:36:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
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] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
1032 | J. A. Baskin. 1998. Evolutionary trends in the late Miocene hyena-like dog Epicyon (Carnivora, Canidae). National Science Museum Monographs 14:191-214 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1131 | J. A. Breyer. 1983. The Biostratigraphic Utility of Camel Metapodials. Journal of Paleontology 57(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
1321 | W. W. Dalquest and J. T. Hughes. 1966. A New Mammalian Local Fauna from the Lower Pliocene of Texas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 69(1):79-81 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6222 | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
1799 | J. A. Harrison. 1981. A review of the extinct wolverine, Plesiogulo (Carnivora: Mustelidae), from North America. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 46:1-27 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
1949 | R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Calippus and Protohippus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Miocene (Barstovian-early Hemphillian) of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 32(3):221-340 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. Hulbert] | |
6244 | B. J. MacFadden. 1984. Systematics and phylogeny of Hipparion, Neohipparion, Nannippus, and Cormohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of the New World. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 179(1):1-195 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
2739 | T. H. Patton and B. E. Taylor. 1971. The Synthetoceratinae (Mammalia, Tylopoda, Protoceratidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 145(2):119-218 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/B. Beatty] | |
51726 | D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
3063 | C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1941. Ticholeptinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79(1):1-105 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
3082 | G. E. Schultz. 1977. Guidebook field conference on Late Cenozoic biostratigraphy of the Texas panhandle and adjacent Oklahoma. Special Publication Kilgore Research Center 1:105-145 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
6207 | G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 14: The Clarendonian 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 83-93 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
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] | |
6227 | S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
45368 | M. O. Woodburne. 2007. Phyletic diversification of the Cormohipparion occidentale complex (Mammalia; Perissodactyla, Equidae), Late Miocene, North America, and the origin of the Old World Hippotherium datum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 306(1):1-138 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |