Goodrich Site 3, Lowe place: Early/Lower Barstovian, Texas
collected by WPA 1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Sellards 1941 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Sellards 1941 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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Sellards 1941 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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Sellards 1941 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Forsten 1975 | ||||||
Merychippus sp.
Leidy 1856
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= Merychippus vetus
Quinn 1955
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Forsten 1975 | ||||||
original and current combination Protohippus vetus | |||||||
Merychippus circulus
(Quinn 1955)
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Hulbert 1988 | ||||||
recombined as Calippus circulus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Anonymous 1941 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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Anonymous 1941 | ||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Trilophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Sellards 1941 | ||||||
synonym of Gomphotherium | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Polk |
Coordinates: | 30.6° North, 94.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.1° North, 91.9° 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: | Early/Lower Barstovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Flmng | Local bed: | 8 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: age from Forstén 1975 from Merychippus vetus known only from Lower Barstovian of Texas Gulf Coastal Plain |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera | ||
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | TMM | ||
Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1941 |
Metadata
Also known as: | TMM 31200, WPA, Work Project No. 17060, Willard Lumber | ||
Database number: | 18630 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-24 14:12:31 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
71467. | Anonymous. 1941. The eighth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 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 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] | |
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] |