Goodrich Site 1: Barstovian, Texas
collected by WPA 1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus sp. Leidy 1856
    = Merychippus circulus Quinn 1955
Hesse 1943
    = Protohippus perditus Leidy 1858
Hulbert 1988
replaces ID of Forsten 1975
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874
    = Calippus proplacidus Osborn 1918
Hulbert 1988
"Merychippus ?francisi?"
Nannippus sp. (Matthew 1926)
    = Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955
Forsten 1975
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
? Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Prosynthetoceras francisi (Frick 1937)
Patton 1969
"P. sp.?"
Mammalia - Moschidae
Blastomeryx sp. Cope 1877
(6 measurements)
    = Longirostromeryx blicki Frick 1937
Patton 1969
synonym of Longirostromeryx wellsi
probably = "Blastomeryx sp."
Mammalia - Camelidae
Alticamelus sp. Matthew 1901
    = Aepycamelus sp. Macdonald 1956
Alroy 2002
confirmed by Patton 1969a
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon francisi Hay 1924
Hesse 1943
    = Aelurodon ferox Leidy 1858
Wang et al. 1999
replaces ID of J. Wilson 1960; "Tomarctus sp."
Reptilia
Alligator sp. Daudin 1809
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Polk
Coordinates: 30.6° North, 94.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.1° North, 91.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fleming
Local section:Flmng Local bed:8
Local order:bottom to top
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 methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Collection size:99 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1941
Taxonomic list comments:"99 catalogued specimens"
Metadata
Also known as:Smith Ranch; TMM 31183, WPA
Database number:18628
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2020-06-22 10:24:42
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71468. Anonymous. 1941. The ninth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 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 1-41 [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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
3558 X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]