Moscow: Barstovian, Texas
collected by WPA 1940

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Sellards 1941
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Amphiuma antica n. sp. Holman 1977
Holman 1977
nomen dubium belonging to Amphiuma
originally entered as "Amphiuma antiqua"
Siren miotexana n. sp. Holman 1977
Holman 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae
Batrachosauroides dissimulans Taylor and Hesse 1943
Holman 1977
Mammalia - Rodentia
Jimomys labaughi Wahlert 1976
Albright 1996
"Moscow"
Texomys sp. Slaughter 1981
Slaughter 1981
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuropterus sp. Cuvier 1825
Hesse 1943
    = Petauristodon sp. Engesser 1979
Slaughter 1981
Protospermophilus quatalensis (Gazin 1930)
Albright 1996
"Moscow"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Amblycastor sp. Matthew 1918
Sellards 1941
    = ? Anchitheriomys sp. Roger 1885
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Protoceratidae
Palaeomerycidae indet. Lydekker 1883
Sellards 1941
    = ? Prosynthetoceras sp. Frick 1937
Hesse 1943
original and current combination Synthetoceras (Prosynthetoceras)
"Palaeomerycidae (fragment of Prosynthetoceras horn?)"
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Prosthennops sp. Matthew and Gidley 1904
Sellards 1941
"Prosthennops sp. (small)" of red 1833
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus gunteri Simpson 1930
Forsten 1975
may = "M. perditus"
Miohippus cf. navasotae Hay 1924
Sellards 1941
recombined as Anchitherium navasotae
Merychippus cf. vellicans Hay 1924
Sellards 1941
synonym of Parahippus leonensis
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Peraceras hessei Prothero and Manning 1987
Prothero and Manning 1987
Aphelops megalodus (Cope 1873)
Prothero and Manning 1987
Teleoceras medicornutum Osborn 1904
Prothero and Manning 1987
Teleoceras meridianum (Leidy 1865)
Prothero and Manning 1987
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
Sellards 1941
    = Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Cynodesmus sp. Scott 1893
Sellards 1941
"or Nothocyon"
    = Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Alroy 2002
Reptilia - Boidae
Calamagras weigeli Holman 1972
Holman 1977
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe nebraskensis Holman 1964
Holman 1977
Neonatrix elongata Holman 1973
Holman 1977
Reptilia - Crocodilia
Crocodilia indet. Owen 1842
Sellards 1941
spelled with current rank as Crocodylia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Polk
Coordinates: 30.7° North, 94.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.2° North, 91.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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:5
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
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Collection size:85 specimens
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1940
Collection method comments: WPA: "Unfortunately, the locality had to be abandoned after a few weeks, due to
the landowner’s unfavorable disposition toward excavations on his property."
Taxonomic list comments:same level as Gay Hill according to Hesse, but placed at the higher Trinity River Pit 1 level by Tedford et al. 1987
"85 catalogued specimens"
Metadata
Also known as:Barringer Farm; TMM 31057, WPA, Work Project No. 17060
Database number:18646
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2020-01-17 16:30:49
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
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]

Secondary references:

934ETE 1536L. B. Albright. 1996. Insectivores, rodents, and carnivores of the Toledo Bend Local Fauna: an Arikareean (earliest Miocene) assemblage from the Texas Coastal Plain. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(3):458-473 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/P. Wagner]
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]
713 J. A. Holman. 1977. Amphibians and reptiles from the Gulf Coast Miocene of Texas. Herpetologica 33(4):391-403 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/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]
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]
3190 B. H. Slaughter. 1981. A New Genus of Geomyoid Rodent from the Miocene of Texas and Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):111-115 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]