Bridge Ranch, Normanna: Clarendonian, Texas
collected by WPA 1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ameiurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
1 specimen
    = Pylodictis olivaris
May 2019
TMM 31132-767 centrum
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Trilophodon sp. Falconer 1857
2 specimens
    = cf. Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837
May 2019
TMM 31132-274 m3, -365 lower tusk fragment
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856
Hippotigris parastylus n. sp. Quinn 1955
Hulbert 1988
    = Protohippus supremus Leidy 1869
Alroy 2002
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
Dinohippus subvenus n. sp. Quinn 1955
Quinn 1955
Calippus regulus Johnston 1937
Forsten 1975
Calippus martini Hesse 1936
Hulbert 1988
Calippus sp. (Matthew and Stirton 1930)
    = Calippus placidus Leidy 1869
Hulbert 1988
Neohipparion sp. Gidley 1903
    = Neohipparion affine Leidy 1869
Hulbert 1987
Hipparion tehonense (Merriam 1916)
May 2019 2 specimens
recombined as Hipparion gratum tehonense
TMM 31132-22 M1, -731 M
Pseudhipparion curtivallum (Quinn 1955)
Webb and Hulbert 1986
Neohipparion occidentale (Leidy 1856)
Forsten 1975
    = Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832
Alroy 2002
Nannippus sp. (Matthew 1926)
    = Nannippus cf. ingenuum Leidy 1885
Hulbert 1988
recombined as Cormohipparion ingenuum
Hypohippus sp. (Leidy 1858)
    = Hypohippus affinis Leidy 1858
Forsten 1975
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
    = Teleoceras major Hatcher 1894
Prothero 2005
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877
(2 measurements)
    = Blastomeryx elegans Matthew and Cook 1909
Patton 1969
    = Protoceratinae indet.
Webb 2008
"probably" this subfamily
Synthetoceras tricornatus Stirton 1932
Patton 1969
Mammalia - Gelocidae
Pseudoceras skinneri Frick 1937
May 2019 2 specimens
TMM 31132-4 partial dentary with dp4, -331 partial left dentary with m2-m3
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
1 specimen
    = Ramoceros ramosus Cope 1874
May 2019
TMM 31132-73 partial horn
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
1 specimen
    = Cranioceras clarendonensis Frick 1937
Patton 1969
    = Cranioceras teres Cope 1874
May 2019
TMM 31132-455 partial skull with proximal horn
Mammalia - Camelidae
Protolabis sp. Cope 1876
1 specimen
(1 measurement)
    = Protolabis notiochorinos n. sp. Patton 1969
Patton 1969
UT-BEG 31132-332
    = Protolabis coartatus Stirton 1929
Alroy 2002
Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
    = Procamelus occidentalis Leidy 1858
Patton 1969
Megatylopus sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
1 specimen
    = Prosthennops xiphidonticus
May 2019
TMM 31132-202 partial mandible with dp3-m2
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
    = Amphicyoninae indet. Trouessart 1885
Wilson 1960
Ischyrocyon gidleyi (Matthew 1902)
May 2019 4 specimens
TMM 31132-29 M2, -259 M1, -328 M2, -412 P4
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon sp. Leidy 1858
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
    = Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
Wilson 1960
Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894
May 2019 5 specimens
TMM 31132-12 canine, -165 canine, -458 left dentary with c, p2-4, m1-2, -478 incisor, -787 canine
Mammalia - Talpidae
cf. Domninoides sp. Green 1956
May 2019 1 specimen
TMM 31132-531 partial left humerus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus sp. Cope 1878
2 specimens
    = Ceratogaulus cf. rhinoceros Matthew 1902
May 2019
misspelling Ceratogaulus rhinocerus
TMM 31132-143 left P4, TMM 31132-120 right p4
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
5 specimens
    = Apalone sp. Rafinesque 1832
May 2019
TMM 31132-8, -769, -812 carapace and plastron fragments, -519 costal, -521 plastron fragments
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
May 2019 1 specimen
TMM 31132-774 plastron fragments
cf. Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820
May 2019 1 specimen
TMM 31132-811, carapace fragment
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Hesperotestudo sp. (Williams 1950)
May 2019 2 specimens
TMM 31132-82 dermal ossicle, -460 humerus, -770 carapace and plastron fragments
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
4 specimens
    = Alligator cf. mississippiensis Daudin 1801
May 2019
TMM 31132-87, -520 osteoderms, -530, -766 teeth
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
    = cf. Mycteria sp. Linnaeus 1758
May 2019
TMM 31132-347 tarsometatarsus
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
May 2019 1 specimen
TMM 31132-457
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Bee
Coordinates: 28.6° North, 97.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.0° North, 95.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5-6
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Clarendonian
Age range of interval:12.50000 - 9.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Goliad Member:Lapara
Local section:Flmng Local bed:9
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:massive sandstone
Secondary lithology:yellow calcareous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "interbedded heavy cross-bedded sands and buff calcareous clays"
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
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
Taxonomic list comments:apparently lower than TMM 30896 and TMM 31081 as 1) it is said to be "older" by Tedford et al. 1987, and 2) the latter faunas are said to be near the top of the member
any Teleoceras is T. cf. major: Prothero and Manning 1987
Metadata
Also known as:Lapara Creek fauna; Site 17; Bridge Estate; TMM 31132, WPA, Work Project No. 12510
Database number:18610
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot, E. Vlachos, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, E. Vlachos, J. Marcot
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2020-01-17 15:53:26
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]
38505% 23520R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1987. Late Neogene Neohipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the Gulf Coastal Plain of Florida and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 61(4):809-830 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]
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]
1951 R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1988. Cormohipparion and Hipparion (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae) from the Late Neogene of Florida. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 33(5):229-338 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
68632 S. R. May. 2019. The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica (22.1.15)1-129 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
2737 T. H. Patton. 1969. Miocene and Pliocene Artiodactyls, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bulletin of the Florida State Museum 14(2) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
56476 J. H. Quinn. 1955. Miocene Equidae of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas Report of Investigations 5516:1-102 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
36064 S. D. Webb. 2008. Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48(2):17-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
6227 S. D. Webb and R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1986. Systematics and evolution of Pseudhipparion (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Neogene of the Gulf Coastal Plain and the Great Plains. Contributions to Geology, the University of Wyoming, Special Paper 3:237-272 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
3659 J. A. Wilson. 1960. Miocene carnivores, Texas Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 34(5):983-1000 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]