Town Bluff (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as TMM 31087
DUPLICATE REF 2121 or 2122 or 2123

Where: Tyler County, Texas (30.8° N, 94.3° W: paleocoordinates 31.3° N, 91.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Fleming Formation, Barstovian (16.0 - 13.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the TMM

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 1994. Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America. Journal of Paleontology 68(2):376-397 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18664: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Caudata - Urodela
Siren miotexana3
Siren miotexana3 Holman 1977 siren
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp.3, Rana aff. pipiens3
Rana sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 frog
"very small"
Rana aff. pipiens3 Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Neonatrix elongata3, Texasophis fossilis n. gen. n. sp.3, Elaphe nebraskensis3, Salvadora paleolineata3
Neonatrix elongata3 Holman 1973 colubrid snake
Texasophis fossilis n. gen. n. sp.3 Holman 1977 colubrid snake
Elaphe nebraskensis3 Holman 1964 colubrid snake
Salvadora paleolineata3 Holman 1973 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae2
"Herpetotheriinae indet." = Herpetotheriidae2 Trouessart 1879 marsupial
 Rodentia -
Texomys ritchiei4, Jimomys labaughi1
Texomys ritchiei4 Slaughter 1981 rodent
TMM 31087
Jimomys labaughi1 Wahlert 1976 rodent
"Town Bluff"
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Protospermophilus quatalensis1
Protospermophilus quatalensis1 Gazin 1930 squirrel
"Town Bluff"
1Albright 1996; 2Alroy 2002; 3Holman 1977; 4Slaughter 1981