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Banta Shut-In, Brewster County, Texas, USA

Formation	Banta Shut-In
Age:	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Interval	early Early Hemphillian
Lithology	sandstone/conglomerate
Number of Collections	1
Number of Occurrences	16

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
Screw Bean	Brewster County, Texas, USA	Banta Shut-In

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Antilocapridae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Hemiauchenia sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : *Hemiauchenia*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Megatylopus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : *Megatylopus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Epicyon haydeni species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Epicyon : *Epicyon haydeni*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Eucyon sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : *Eucyon*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Vulpes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : *Vulpes*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Machairodus catocopis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Machairodus : *Machairodus catocopis*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Pseudaelurus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : *Pseudaelurus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Martes sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : *Martes*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Buisnictis chisoensis species	7	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Martinogale : *Buisnictis chisoensis*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Archaeolaginae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Archaeolaginae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Equini tribe	5.5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equini	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Hipparionini tribe	5.5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hipparionini	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Rhinocerotidae family	5	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Heteromyinae subfamily	5.3	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Heteromyinae	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene
Spermophilus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : *Spermophilus*	10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene

References

Stevens M. S., Stevens J. B. (1989) Neogene - Quaternary deposits and vertebrate faunas, Trans-Pecos Texas, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Guidebook, 67-90

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

Stevens M. S., Stevens J. B. (2003) Carnivora (Mammalia, Felidae, Canidae, Mustelidae) from the earliest Hemphillian Screw Bean Local Fauna, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279, 177-211

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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