Ash Spring: Chadronian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
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Toxotherium cf. woodi
Skinner and Gooris 1966
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= ? Toxotherium sp.
Wood 1961
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Wilson and Schiebout 1984 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
| presumably = "? Prothyracodon" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Entelodontidae
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Archaeotherium cf. mortoni
Leidy 1850
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
| see Wilson 1971b | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Oromerycidae
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Oromerycidae indet.
Gazin 1955
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
| two species: presumably includes Harris' "Eotylopus" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Praetragulidae
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Hypisodus cf. minimus
(Cope 1873)
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
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= Parvitragulus priscus
Emry 1978
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Emry 1978 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodontidae indet.
Cook 1912
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
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= Merycoidodon culbertsoni
Leidy 1848
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Stevens and Stevens 1996 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Merycoidodon culbertsonii | ||||||||||
| see also Wilson 1971a | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Poebrotherium franki
Wilson 1974
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Stevenscamelus franki | ||||||||||
| listed by Wilson 1977b, but locality given as "TMM 40203" by Wilson 1974; this is surely a lapsus as TMM 40203 is in the Big Red Horizon | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Felidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
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= Carnivora indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cylindrodontidae
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Pseudocylindrodon cf. texanus
Wood 1974
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
| see Wood 1974 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Ischyromyidae
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Titanotheriomys veterior
(Matthew 1903)
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
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= Ischyromys sp.
Leidy 1856
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Heaton 1996 | |||||||||
| see also Wood 1974 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Eomyidae indet.
Winge 1887
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Wilson 1977 | |||||||||
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= Meliakrouniomys wilsoni n. sp.
Harris and Wood 1969
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Harris and Wood 1969 | |||||||||
| replaces ID of Harris | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Camaenidae
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Pleurodonte (Pleurodonte) wilsoni
Roth 1984
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Roth 1984 | 10 specimens | ||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Jeff Davis |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 104.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 96.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Priabonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Chadronian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 37.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Vieja |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | TMM |
| Taxonomic list comments:Ash Spring list of Wilson 1977b includes all and only taxa from TMM 40283; I believe there are no other TMM localities in Jeff Davis Co. stratigraphic level uncertain as there are no useable marker beds in the immediate area, but supposed on faunistic grounds to be the youngest fauna in the Vieja sequence Stevens and Stevens 1996 suggest that this is Orellan | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | TMM 40283 | ||
| Database number: | 16894 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd | Enterer: | J. Alroy, P. Holroyd |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2017-12-01 13:12:12 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-07-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1795. | J. M. Harris. 1967. Toxotherium (Mammalia: Rhinocerotoidea) from Western Jeff Davis County, Texas. Pearce-Sellards Series 9 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 1436 | R. J. Emry. 1978. A New Hypertragulid (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the Early Chadronian of Wyoming and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 52(5) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 1796 | J. M. Harris and A. E. Wood. 1969. A New Genus of Eomyid Rodent from the Ogliocene Ash Spring Local Fauna of Trans-Pecos Texas. Pearce-Sellards Series 14 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 1816 | T. H. Heaton. 1996. Ischyromyidae. In D. R. Prothero, R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
| 67996 | B. Roth. 1984. Lysinoe (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) and other land snails from Eocene-Oligocene of Trans-Pecos Texas, and their paleoclimatic significance. The Veliger 27(2):200-218 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] | |
| 6270 | M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens. 1996. Merycoidodontinae and Miniochoerinae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 498-573 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 3665 | J. A. Wilson. 1977. Stratigraphic Occurrence and Correlation of Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas Trans-Pecos Texas. Part I: Vieja Area. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 25:1-42 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] | |
| 3670 | J. A. Wilson and J. A. Schiebout. 1984. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Trans-Pecos Texas: Ceratomorpha less Amynodontidae. Pearce-Sellards Series 39:1-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot] |