Box T: Hemphillian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodon cf. fricki
Barbour 1927
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos sp.
Pilgrim 1913
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mentioned by Harrison 1983 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Eomellivora sp.
Zdansky 1924
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Leptarctus sp.
Leidy 1856
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= Leptarctus supremus n. sp.
Lim et al. 2001
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Lim et al. 2001 | |||||||||
mentioned also by Tedford et al. 1987 | ||||||||||
Sthenictis sp.
Peterson 1910
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mentioned by Breyer 1981 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus sp.
Kaup 1833
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Nimravides cf. thinobates
(Macdonald 1948)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Metalopex bakeri n. sp.
Tedford et al. 2009
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Tedford et al. 2009 | |||||||||
Epicyon validus
(Stirton and Vanderhoof 1933)
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= Epicyon haydeni
Leidy 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
placed by Wang et al. 1999 at "Bridge Creek, Box T Ranch, north of Higgins" | ||||||||||
Epicyon saevus
(Leidy 1858)
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Wang et al. 1999 | |||||||||
"Bridge Creek, Box T Ranch, north of Higgins" | ||||||||||
Osteoborus sp.
Stirton and VanderHoof 1933
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= Borophagus sp.
Cope 1892
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
large | ||||||||||
Osteoborus pugnator
(Cook 1922)
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= Borophagus cf. pugnator
Cook 1922
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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? Osbornoceros sp.
Frick 1937
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"Plioceros or Texoceros" is also listed | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Pediomeryx cf. figginsi
(Frick 1937)
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original and current combination Yumaceras figginsi | ||||||||||
described by Webb 1983 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Pseudoceras sp.
Frick 1937
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Prosthennops graffhami
Schultz and Martin 1975
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= Prosthennops serus
Cope 1877
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
mentioned by Breyer 1981 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Procamelus sp.
Leidy 1858
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= Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
described Breyer 1983 and questioned by Schultz because it is based on a mere metatarsal | ||||||||||
Megatylopus sp.
(Matthew and Cook 1909)
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original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus) | ||||||||||
Hemiauchenia sp.
Gervais and Ameghino 1880
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Astrohippus sp.
(Stirton 1940)
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original and current combination Pliohippus (Astrohippus) | ||||||||||
Protohippus gidleyi
Hulbert 1988
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
pers. commun. | ||||||||||
Calippus sp.
(Matthew and Stirton 1930)
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= Calippus informal large
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Breyer 1981 | |||||||||
original and current combination Protohippus (Calippus) | ||||||||||
Pliohippus nobilis
Osborn 1918
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Hulbert 1989 | |||||||||
pers. commun.: "P. sp." | ||||||||||
Neohipparion leptode
Merriam 1915
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described by Hulbert 1987 | ||||||||||
Cormohipparion cf. occidentale
(Leidy 1856)
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= Hippotherium sp.
Kaup 1832
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
may include "Hipparion forcei" of MacFadden 1984b, which is an advanced, probably new species of "Group 1": JA pers. obs. 1/93 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras hicksi
Cook 1927
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
Teleoceras fossiger
(Cope 1878)
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Prothero 1989 | |||||||||
pers. comm.: "T. sp." | ||||||||||
Aphelops mutilus
Matthew 1924
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Prothero 2005 | |||||||||
"Box T Ranch, Ranch West Draw" and "First Valley, West Pit 1" | ||||||||||
Aphelops malacorhinus
Cope 1878
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Prothero 1989 | |||||||||
pers. comm.: "A. sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Pliometanastes cf. protistus
Hirschfeld and Webb 1968
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described by Hirschfeld and Webb 1968 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Thinobadistes wetzeli
Webb 1989
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described by Webb 1989 | ||||||||||
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] |