Where: Crosby County, Texas (33.7° N, 101.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 35.6° N, 98.2° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: basal Member (Bridwell Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. A. Winkler. 1990. Sedimentary Facies and Biochronology of the Upper Tertiary Ogallala Group, Blanco and Yellow House Canyons, Texas Panhandle. In T. C. Gustavson (ed.), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains 39-55 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18211: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992
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Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog | |
Nannippus lenticularis Cope 1893 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse | |
Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 camel
Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979 camel
Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel |