Bennett Farm, San Jacinto County site 4: Barstovian, Texas
collected by WPA 1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Prosynthetoceras sp.
(Frick 1937)
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Schiebout 1997 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Synthetoceras (Prosynthetoceras) | ||||||||||
| TMM 31242 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus gunteri
Simpson 1930
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
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Protohippus vetus n. sp.
Quinn 1955
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Quinn 1955 | |||||||||
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Calippus francisi
(Hay 1924)
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
| synonym of Calippus proplacidus | ||||||||||
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Cormohipparion goorisi
MacFadden and Skinner 1981
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Hesse 1943 | |||||||||
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= Merychippus goorisi
MacFadden and Skinner 1981
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MacFadden 1984 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Cormohipparion goorisi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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= Teleoceras meridianum
Leidy 1865
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Prothero and Manning 1987 | |||||||||
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Peraceras hessei
Prothero and Manning 1987
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Prothero and Manning 1987 | |||||||||
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Aphelops megalodus
(Cope 1873)
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Prothero and Manning 1987 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | San Jacinto |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 95.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.2° North, 92.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 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
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
| Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1941 |
| Taxonomic list comments:same level as Gay Hill | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Point Blank fm; Site 4; TMM 31242, WPA, Work Project No. 17060 | ||
| Database number: | 18608 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-21 05:32:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71468. | Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-41 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 1504 | A. -M. Forsten. 1975. The Fossil Horses of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain: A Revision . Pearce-Sellards Series 22:1-86 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 1833 | C. J. Hesse. 1943. A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26:157-179 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 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] | |
| 2807 | D. R. Prothero and E. M. Manning. 1987. Miocene rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 61(2):388-423 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] | |
| 56476 | J. H. Quinn. 1955. Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas Report of Investigations 5516:1-102 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 3030 | J. A. Schiebout. 1997. Paleofaunal survey, collecting, processing, and documentation at two locations on Fort Polk, Louisiana. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District; Contract No. DACW63-90-D-0008, Delivery Order 13 [No sponsoring agency report number given] 1-92 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 71494 | E. H. Sellards. 1941. Final report covering the period from March 4, 1939 ro September 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project iii-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |