Burkeville (TAM 42): Barstovian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Pleurocera acutum
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| "P. acutum burkevillense": possibly at 175-T-3 instead | ||||||||||
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Charophyte oogonia
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| possibly at 175-T-3 instead | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Amblycastor sp.
Matthew 1918
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Hesse 1943 | |||||||||
| 175-T-1 | ||||||||||
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= Anchitheriomys sp.
Roger 1885
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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Hesse 1943 | |||||||||
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= Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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Stenzel et al. 1944 | |||||||||
| 175-T1, 175-T2 | ||||||||||
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= Protohippus vetus
Quinn 1955
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
| "Burkeville, W side Hwy" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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Hesse 1943 | |||||||||
| 175-T-1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| 175-T-1 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Proboscidea
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? Desmostylus sp.
Marsh 1888
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| 175-T-1 | ||||||||||
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= ? Proboscidea indet.
Illiger 1811
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Tedford et al. 1987 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Floyd et al. 1958 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Chelonia indet.
(Latreille 1800)
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Hesse 1943 | |||||||||
| synonym of Testudines | ||||||||||
| 175-T-1 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crocodilia
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Crocodilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Hesse 1943 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Crocodylia | ||||||||||
| 175-T-1 | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Elopiformes
- Phyllodontidae
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Phyllodus sp.
Agassiz 1839
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Polychaeta
- Spionida
- Spionidae
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Polydora sp.
Bosk 1801
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea normalis
Gardner 1926
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides matsoni
Dall 1913
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Gastropoda
- Pleuroceridae
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Goniobasis miocaenica
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| possibly at 175-T-3 instead | ||||||||||
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Rotaliidae
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Rotalia beccarii
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| possibly at 175-T-3 instead | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Newton |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 93.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.5° North, 90.6° 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
| Formation: | Fleming |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Tedford et al. 1987 strongly imply that the relative stratigraphic position of the Burkeville fauna is unknown not clear if "? Prosynthetoceras ?" is from this locality or TAM 43 | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | BEG 175-T-1, 175-T-2 | ||
| Database number: | 18613 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-06-22 14:55:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3214. | H. B. Stenzel, F. E. Turner, and C. J. Hesse. 1944. Brackish and Non-Marine Miocene in Southeastern Texas. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 28(7):977-1111 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 18779 | D. N. Floyd, T. H. Miller, and W. B. N. Berry. 1958. Miocene paleoecology in the Burkeville area Newton County, Texas. Tranactions of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies 8:157-165 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 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] | |
| 6198 | R. H. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. F. Skinner, B. E. Taylor, R. W. Fields, J. R. Macdonald, J. M. Rensberger, S. D. Webb, and D. P. Whistler. 1987. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America. In M. O. Woodburne (ed.), Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 153-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |