Site 15, Medio Creek, Parrish Ranch: Clarendonian, Texas
collected by WPA 1940
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Ameiurus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
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Alligator sp.
Daudin 1809
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudinidae indet.
Batsch 1788
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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= Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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= Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Mastodontidae indet.
(Gray 1821)
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= Trilophodon sp.
Falconer 1857
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
| synonym of Gomphotherium | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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20 specimens | |||||||||
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= Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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Anonymous 1941 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Neohipparion sp.
Gidley 1903
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Nannippus sp.
(Matthew 1926)
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Pliohippus sp.
Marsh 1874
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Calippus sp.
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Protohippus (Calippus) | ||||||||||
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Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Protoceratidae indet.
Marsh 1891
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomerycidae indet.
Lydekker 1883
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx sp.
Cope 1877
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops sp.
Matthew and Gidley 1904
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Metoreodon sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Merychyus (Metoreodon) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Alticamelus sp.
Matthew 1901
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
| synonym of Aepycamelus | ||||||||||
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? Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
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Pliauchenia sp.
Cope 1875
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Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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Anonymous 1941 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
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Protolabis sp.
Cope 1876
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Anonymous 1940 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Bee |
| Coordinates: | 28.5° North, 97.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 28.9° North, 95.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Goliad |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
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: | all macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1940 |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Some twelve or thirteen genera of Pliocene animals were represented in the fossils collected from Site No. 15, but there has not yet been opportunity to prepare these fossils for study" | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | WPA, Work Project No. 12510 | ||
| Database number: | 207452 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-01-10 13:13:18 | Last modified: | 2020-01-10 16:35:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-01-10 13:13:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71464. | Anonymous. 1940. The sixth quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30, 1940 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 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 71466 | Anonymous. 1940. The seventh quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31, 1940 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 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 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] |