Hudspeth (TMM 40240): Blancan, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Leporidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon hudspethensis n. sp.
Strain 1966
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus mcgheei n. sp.
Strain 1966
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= Spermophilus mcgheei
Strain 1966
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Citellus finlayensis n. sp.
Strain 1966
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= Spermophilus finlayensis
Strain 1966
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys paenebursarius n. sp.
Strain 1966
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= Nerterogeomys paenebursarius
Strain 1966
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus sp.
Geoffroy 1803
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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| large size | ||||||||||
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Gopherus huecoensis n. sp.
Strain 1966
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| synonym of Testudo hexagonata | ||||||||||
| TMM 40240-27 (holotype), a plastron with associated appendicular elements (Strain 1966, pl. 2–6) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Hudspeth |
| Coordinates: | 31.5° North, 105.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 104.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | *Epoch: | Pliocene |
| Key time interval: | Blancan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 4.70000 - 1.40000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Fort Hancock | ||
| Local section: | Hudsp | Local bed: | 1 |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:underlies Camp Rice Fm. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20037 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | J. Alroy, E. Vlachos | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-04-12 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 3326. | W. S. Strain. 1966. Blancan mammalian fauna and Pleistocene formations, Hudspeth County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 10:1-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |