Town Bluff: Barstovian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Siren miotexana
Holman 1977
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
| "very small" | ||||||||||
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Rana aff. pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Texasophis fossilis n. gen., n. sp.
Holman 1977
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
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Salvadora paleolineata
Holman 1973
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
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Elaphe nebraskensis
Holman 1964
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
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Neonatrix elongata
Holman 1973
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Holman 1977 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Protospermophilus quatalensis
(Gazin 1930)
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Albright 1996 | |||||||||
| "Town Bluff" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Texomys ritchiei
Slaughter 1981
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Slaughter 1981 | |||||||||
| TMM 31087 | ||||||||||
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Jimomys labaughi
Wahlert 1976
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Albright 1996 | |||||||||
| "Town Bluff" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Nanodelphys sp.
McGrew 1937
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= Herpetotheriinae indet.
Trouessart 1879
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Herpetotheriidae | ||||||||||
| replaces ID of Slaughter 1978 from Town Bluff fauna, on the Neches River 1/2 mi. E of Town Bluff, Tyler Co.; both this and Texomys ritchiei are said by Slaughter 1981 to be from "Town Bluff" DUPLICATE REF 2121 or 2122 or 2123 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Tyler |
| Coordinates: | 30.8° North, 94.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.3° North, 91.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| 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
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 31087 DUPLICATE REF 2121 or 2122 or 2123 | ||
| Database number: | 18664 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2022-03-21 05:46:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2121. | W. W. Korth. 1994. Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):376-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 934 | ETE 1536 | L. B. Albright. 1996. Insectivores, rodents, and carnivores of the Toledo Bend Local Fauna: an Arikareean (earliest Miocene) assemblage from the Texas Coastal Plain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):458-473 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner] |
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 713 | J. A. Holman. 1977. Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas. Herpetologica 33(4):391-403 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen] | |
| 3190 | B. H. Slaughter. 1981. A New Genus of Geomyoid Rodent from the Miocene of Texas and Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):111-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |