Cita Canyon: Blancan, Texas
collected by C. S. Johnston

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus gidleyi White 1988
White 1988
presumably includes "H. cf. regalis"
Sylvilagus hibbardi White 1984
White 1991
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Nannippus peninsulatus (Cope 1885)
Equus simplicidens Cope 1892
recombined as Plesippus simplicidens
may include presumably spurious identifications "Equus cf. occidentalis" and "Astrohippus"
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus bicalcaratus Cope 1893
nomen dubium belonging to Platygonus
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Megatylopus sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
Webb 1965
original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus)
Hemiauchenia blancoensis (Meade 1945)
    = Hemiauchenia macrocephala Cope 1893
Webb 1974
"Tanupolama" and "Pliauchenia"
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Tetrameryx sp. Lull 1921
Breameryx sp. Furlong 1946
    = Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Ischyrosmilus johnstoni Mawby 1965
(2 measurements)
    = Homotherium johnstoni Mawby 1965
Mawby 1965
Felis lacustris Gazin 1933
    = Puma lacustris Gazin 1933
Werdelin 1985
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Werdelin 1985
Acinonyx studeri (Savage 1960)
(1 measurement)
    = Miracinonyx studeri Savage 1960
Savage 1960
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ailuraena johnstoni n. gen., n. sp. Stirton and Christian 1940
Stirton and Christian 1940
(3 measurements)
    = Chasmaporthetes ossifragus Hay 1921
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon sp. Storr 1780
    = Procyon rexroadensis Hibbard 1941
Anderson 1984
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Trigonictis sp. Hibbard 1941
Anderson 1984
presumably "? Mephitinae indet."
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839
    = Taxidea cf. taxus Schreber 1778
Hibbard 1970
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon galushai Tedford et al. 2009
Tedford et al. 2009
Canis lepophagus n. sp. Johnston 1938
Canis edwardii Gazin 1942
Tedford et al. 2009
Borophagus sp. Cope 1892
    = Borophagus diversidens Cope 1892
Hibbard 1970
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium cf. texanum Osborn 1903
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. leptostomus Cope 1893
    = Megalonyx leptostomus Cope 1893
Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon sp. Brown 1903
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon mirificus (Leidy 1858)
Savage 1955
DUPLICATE REF 3015 or 3016
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) johnstoni n. sp. Auffenberg 1962
Auffenberg 1962
synonym of Hesperotestudo turgida
"Testudo rugosa" (nomen nudum) of C. S. Johnston's Ph.D. thesis (1 measurement)
Bysmachelys canyonensis Johnston 1937
Oelrich 1957
synonym of Testudo hexagonata
"an immature specimen of the large turtles which are found in the Cita Canyon beds" (i.e., canyonensis)
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Parapavo californicus (Miller 1909)
Miller and Johnston 1937
two tarsometarsi
    = Meleagris leopoldi n. sp. Miller and Bowman 1956
Stidham 2011
described by Miller and Bowman 1956; id reaffirmed by Stidham 2011
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Randall
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 101.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.0° North, 101.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
*Period:Tertiary *Epoch:Pliocene
Key time interval:Blancan
Age range of interval:4.90000 - 1.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "The fossil bearing beds are... approximately thirty feet thick" (Stirton and Christian 1940)
two fossiliferous levels through about 6 m of section, but mostly from UCMP V-3721
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified sandstone
Lithology description: "fine river sand" (Miller and Johnstone 1937) and "semi-consolidated" (Stirton and Christian 1940)
Environment:"channel"
Geology comments: "of fluvial origin" (Stirton and Christian 1940)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:C. S. Johnston
Collection method comments: Panhandle Plains Historical Museum collection
Metadata
Also known as:Evans and Meade Locality 4; UCMP V-3721; Harold Ranch; Harrell Ranch
Database number:20033
Authorizer:J. Alroy, P. Holroyd, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot, P. Holroyd
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2010-11-22 19:52:46
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2044. C. S. Johnston and D. E. Savage. 1955. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 31(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
948 E. Anderson. 1984. Review of the Small Carnivores of North America During the Last 3.5 Million Years. In H. H. Genoways and M. R. Dawson (eds.), Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:257-266 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
27051 W. Auffenberg. 1962. A new species of Geochelone from the Pleistocene of Texas. Copeia 1962(3):627-636 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1894 C. W. Hibbard. 1970. in Dort and Jones [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1919 S. E. Hirschfeld and S. D. Webb. 1968. Plio-Pleistocene Megalonychid Sloths of North America. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 12(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
2485 J. E. Mawby. 1965. Machairodonts from the Late Cenozoic of the Panhandle of Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 46(4):578-587 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
28981 L. Miller and C. S. Johnston. 1937. A Pliocene record of Parapavo from Texas. Condor 39(5):229 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
34314 T. M. Oelrich. 1957. The status of the Upper Pliocene turtle, Testudo turgida Cope. Journal of Paleontology 31(1):228-241 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3015 D. E. Savage. 1955. Nonmarine Lower Pliocene Sediments in California. A Geochronologic-Stratigraphic Classification. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 31(1):1-26 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
6271 D. E. Savage. 1960. A survey of various late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas of the Panhandle of Texas. Part 3, Felidae. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 36(6):317-343 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
67652 T. A. Stidham. 2011. The carpometacarpus of the Pliocene turkey Meleagris leopoldi (Galliformes: Phasianidae) and the problem of morphological variability in turkeys. PaleoBios 30(1):13-17 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]
28980 R. A. Stirton and W. G. Christian. 1940. A member of the Hyaenidae from the Upper Pliocene of Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 21(4):445-448 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
52058 R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]
3562 S. D. Webb. 1965. The osteology of Camelops. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 1:1-53 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3569 S. D. Webb. 1974. Pleistocene llamas of Florida, with a brief review of the Lamini. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 170-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3585 L. Werdelin. 1985. Small Pleistocene felines of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 5(3):194-210 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
3632 J. A. White. 1988. The Archaeolaginae (Mammalia, Lagomorpha) of North America, Excluding Archaeolagus and Panolax. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 7(4):425-450 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
3633 J. A. White. 1991. North American Leporinae (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from late Miocene (Clarendonian) to latest Pliocene (Blancan). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(1):67-89 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]