TMM 31085: Miocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Merychippus francisi
Hay 1924
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= Merychippus gunteri
Simpson 1930
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
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Merychippus perditus
(Leidy 1858)
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= Protohippus perditus
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| referred to "M. circulus" by Forsten, see Hulbert 1988a | ||||||||||
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Calippus francisi n. sp.
(Hay 1924)
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= Calippus proplacidus
Osborn 1918
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
| of francisi | ||||||||||
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Hipparionini indet.
Quinn 1955
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Forsten 1975 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Protoceratidae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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= Protoceratidae indet.
Marsh 1891
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
| that "appears to be a fragment... of Prosynthetoceras" | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 30.1° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.6° North, 93.3° 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: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Oakville |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:position relative to the Moulton Sandstone not stated | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 31086 | ||
| Database number: | 18680 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1993-09-27 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1993-09-27 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:
| 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] |