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Christian Ranch, Armstrong County, Texas, USA

Mindat.org Locality Page	Armstrong County, Texas, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)	35,-101.3
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Texas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Armstrong County, Texas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Christian Ranch	Schultz G. E. (1990)			not reported	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Goodnight's	Alroy J. (2002)	Goodnight Beds		not reported	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Antilocapridae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Hexobelomeryx sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : *Hexobelomeryx*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Hemiauchenia sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : *Hemiauchenia*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Megatylopus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : *Megatylopus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Pediomeryx hemphillensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Pediomeryx : *Pediomeryx hemphillensis*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Tayassuinae subfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tayassuidae : Tayassuinae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Borophagus hilli species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Borophagus : *Borophagus hilli*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Borophagus secundus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Borophagus : *Borophagus secundus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Caninae subfamily	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Caninae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Vulpes stenognathus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Vulpes : *Vulpes stenognathus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Felidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Mephitini tribe	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Mephitini	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Astrohippus ansae species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Astrohippus : *Astrohippus ansae*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Astrohippus stockii species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Astrohippus : *Astrohippus stockii*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Cormohipparion ingenuum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Cormohipparion : *Cormohipparion ingenuum*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Dinohippus interpolatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Dinohippus : *Dinohippus interpolatus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Dinohippus mexicanus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Dinohippus : *Dinohippus mexicanus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Neohipparion eurystyle species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Neohipparion : *Equus eurystylus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Pliohippus spectans species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Pliohippus : *Pliohippus spectans*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Protohippus perditus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Protohippus : *Protohippus perditus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Aphelops mutilus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Aphelops : *Aphelops mutilus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Rhynchotherium sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : *Rhynchotherium*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene

References

Cope E. D. A preliminary report on the vertebrate paleontology of the Llano Estacado, Fourth Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Texas 1892, 11-136

Schultz G. E. (1990) Stop 16: Late Hemphillian faunas of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, 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, 104-111

Janis C. M., Manning E. (1998) Dromomerycidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 477-490

Wang X., Tedford R. H., et al (1999) Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243, 1-392

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

Prothero D. R. (2005) The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses, 1-218

Tedford R. H., Wang X., et al (2009) Phylogenetic Systematics of the North American Fossil Caninae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 325, 1-218 doi:10.1206/574.1

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