Where: Lipscomb County, Texas (36.1° N, 100.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.4° N, 98.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Primary reference: G. E. Schultz. 1990. Stop 15: Early Hemphillian faunas of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Tertiary and Quaternary stratigraphy and vertebrate paleontology of parts of northwestern Texas and eastern New Mexico; Guidebook - Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas at Austin 95-103 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18072: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Aphelops mutilus6 Matthew 1924 rhinoceros "Box T Ranch, Ranch West Draw" and "First Valley, West Pit 1"
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Astrohippus sp., Protohippus gidleyi3, Pliohippus nobilis3, Calippus "large"2, Neohipparion leptode, Cormohipparion cf. occidentale
Astrohippus sp. Stirton 1940 horse
Cormohipparion cf. occidentale Leidy 1856 hipparionine horse may include "Hipparion forcei" of MacFadden 1984b, which is an advanced, probably new species of "Group 1": JA pers. obs. 1/93
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"Pediomeryx cf. figginsi" = Yumaceras figginsi
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Pseudoceras sp. Frick 1937 ruminant | |
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel | |
"Prosthennops graffhami" = Prosthennops serus
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Nimravides cf. thinobates Macdonald 1948 cat
Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat | |
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Eomellivora sp. Zdansky 1924 ratel | |
Metalopex bakeri n. sp.7, "Epicyon validus" = Epicyon haydeni, Epicyon saevus8, Borophagus sp.1, "Osteoborus pugnator" = Borophagus pugnator
"Epicyon validus" = Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog placed by Wang et al. 1999 at "Bridge Creek, Box T Ranch, north of Higgins"
"Osteoborus pugnator" = Borophagus pugnator Cook 1922 bone-crushing dog confirmed by Wang et al. 1999
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Pliometanastes cf. protistus Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 edentate described by Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
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Amebelodon cf. fricki Barbour 1927 gomphothere |