UCMP loc V-304, J. Fiestam's Farm: Miocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aphelops meridianus
(Leidy 1865)
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Matthew 1932 | |||||||||
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= Peraceras sp.
Cope 1880
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Prothero and Manning 1987 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Matthew 1932 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Fayette |
| Coordinates: | 29.8° North, 96.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.3° North, 94.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:only one specimen | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Jas. Fietsam's farm | ||
| Database number: | 18624 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-11 17:07:35 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1833. | C. J. Hesse. 1943. A Preliminary Report on the Miocene Vertebrate Faunas of Southeast Texas. Transactions of the Texas Academy of Sciences 26:157-179 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |
Secondary references:
| 2479 | W. D. Matthew. 1932. A Review of the Rhinoceroses with a Description of Aphelops Material from the Pliocene of Texas. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 20(12):1-3 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 2807 | D. R. Prothero and E. M. Manning. 1987. Miocene rhinoceroses from the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology 61(2):388-423 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |