PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

	Thinobadistes wetzeli Webb 1989
	described by Webb 1989
Mammalia - Megalonychidae

	Pliometanastes cf. protistus Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
	described by Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 (1 measurement)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

	Amebelodon cf. fricki Barbour 1927
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae

	Indarctos sp. Pilgrim 1913
	mentioned by Harrison 1983
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Eomellivora sp. Zdansky 1924

	Leptarctus sp. Leidy 1856
	= Leptarctus supremus n. sp. Lim et al. 2001	Lim et al. 2001
	mentioned also by Tedford et al. 1987

	Sthenictis sp. Peterson 1910
	mentioned by Breyer 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Epicyon saevus (Leidy 1858)	Wang et al. 1999
	"Bridge Creek, Box T Ranch, north of Higgins"

	Epicyon validus (Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933)
	= Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858	Alroy 2002
	placed by Wang et al. 1999 at "Bridge Creek, Box T Ranch, north of Higgins"

	Osteoborus sp. Stirton and VanderHoof 1933
	= Borophagus sp. Cope 1892	Alroy 2002
	large

	Osteoborus pugnator (Cook 1922)
	= Borophagus cf. pugnator Cook 1922	Alroy 2002
	confirmed by Wang et al. 1999

	Metalopex bakeri n. sp. Tedford et al. 2009	Tedford et al. 2009
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

	Nimravides cf. thinobates (Macdonald 1948)

	Machairodus sp. Kaup 1833
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae

	Neohipparion leptode Merriam 1915
	described by Hulbert 1987

	Cormohipparion cf. occidentale (Leidy 1856)
	= Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832	Alroy 2002
	may include "Hipparion forcei" of MacFadden 1984b, which is an advanced, probably new species of "Group 1": JA pers. obs. 1/93

	Protohippus gidleyi Hulbert 1988	Hulbert 1989
	pers. commun.

	Astrohippus sp. (Stirton 1940)
	original and current combination Pliohippus (Astrohippus)

	Calippus sp. (Matthew and Stirton 1930)
	= Calippus informal large	Breyer 1981
	original and current combination Protohippus (Calippus)

	Pliohippus nobilis Osborn 1918	Hulbert 1989
	pers. commun.: "P. sp."
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

	Teleoceras hicksi Cook 1927	Prothero 2005

	Teleoceras fossiger (Cope 1878)	Prothero 1989
	pers. comm.: "T. sp."

	Aphelops malacorhinus Cope 1878	Prothero 1989
	pers. comm.: "A. sp."

	Aphelops mutilus Matthew 1924	Prothero 2005
	"Box T Ranch, Ranch West Draw" and "First Valley, West Pit 1"
Mammalia - Tayassuidae

	Prosthennops graffhami Schultz and Martin 1975
	= Prosthennops serus Cope 1877	Alroy 2002
	mentioned by Breyer 1981
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Procamelus sp. Leidy 1858
	= Camelidae indet. Gray 1821	Alroy 2002
	described Breyer 1983 and questioned by Schultz because it is based on a mere metatarsal

	Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880

	Megatylopus sp. (Matthew and Cook 1909)
	original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus)
Mammalia - Gelocidae

	Pseudoceras sp. Frick 1937
Mammalia - Antilocapridae

	? Osbornoceros sp. Frick 1937
	"Plioceros or Texoceros" is also listed
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

	Pediomeryx cf. figginsi (Frick 1937)
	original and current combination Yumaceras figginsi
	described by Webb 1983
see common names

Geography

Country:	United States	State/province:	Texas	County:	Lipscomb
Coordinates:	36.1° North, 100.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	36.4° North, 98.4° West
Basis of coordinate:	based on political unit

Time

Period:	Neogene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
*Period:	Tertiary	*Epoch:	Miocene
Key time interval:	Hemphillian
Age range of interval:	9.40000 - 4.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Local section:	Hemph	Local bed:	5
Local order:	bottom to top

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Environment:	terrestrial indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:

body

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:	general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:stratigraphic position based on presumed correlation of massive sandstone with mortar bed at Higgins

Metadata

Database number:	18072
Authorizer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot	Enterer:	J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	1992-08-05 00:00:00	Last modified:	2009-12-18 11:47:37
Access level:	the public	Released:	1992-08-05 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

6208.

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]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
6245		J. A. Breyer. 1981. The Kimballian land-mammal age: mene, mene, tekel, upharsin (Dan. 5:25). Journal of Paleontology 55(6):1207-1216 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
1952		R. C. Hulbert, Jr. 1989. Phylogenetic Interrelationships and Evolution of North American Late Equidae. In D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch (eds.), The Evolution of Perissodactyls [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]
4241		J. -D. Lim, L. D. Martin, and R. W. Wilson. 2001. A new species of Leptarctus (Carnivora, Mustelidae) from the late Miocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 75(5):1043-1046 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
6328		D. R. Prothero. 1989. Personal communication regarding rhinocerotid identifications. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
51726		D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3244		C. Stock. 1921. Note on an Hipparion Tooth From the Siestan Deposits of the Berkeley Hills, California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 13(3):19-21 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]
52058		R. H. Tedford, X. Wang, and B. E. Taylor. 2009. Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325:1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot/G. Lloyd]
3558		X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]