Red Light (TMM 40664)
Basic information
Sample name: Red Light (TMM 40664)

Reference: W. A. Akersten. 1970. Red Light local fauna (Blancan) of the Love Formation, southeastern Hudspeth County, Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 20:1-53 [ER 4185]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Texas

County: Hudspeth

Coordinate: 30.88° N, -105.28° W
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Scale: outcrop

Formation: Love

Time interval: Late Pliocene

Zone: Blancan

Ma: 3.2

Age basis: AEO

Geography comments: "on the John D. Bramblett Ranch, southeastern Hudspeth County" (coordinate estimate from Fig. 2 using Google Maps)
"a continuous exposure of a thick section... Measured section RL-1 is at this locality"

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Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "mostly interbedded fluvial silt, sand, and gravel. Much of the gravel and some of the sand is indurated. In the northeast part of TMM 40664 these fluvial sediments are interbedded with reddish silty clay"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals

Sample size: 59 specimens

Museum: Texas Memorial Museum

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: fishes, frogs, turtles, lizards, snakes, and birds are present somewhere in the Red Light field area

Metadata
Sample no: 4649

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2025-01-09 09:56:25

Modified: 2025-01-09 10:07:26

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
4 singletons
total count 59
geometric series index: 30.2
Fisher's α: 7.22
geometric series k: 0.8473
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8951
Shannon's H: 2.4966
Good's u: 0.9339
Register
Paramylodon sp. 2
†Glyptotherium texanum 2
Cratogeomys sp. 1
†Canis lepophagus 4
Borophagus sp. 1
Homotherium sp. 1
"Ischyrosmilus sp.": compared to "Ischryosmilus johnstoni" (= Homotherium)
Felidae indet.6
Werdelin (1985): either lacustris or rexroadensis, which are in different genera; "Felis cf. rexroadensis"
Mammutidae indet.4
"mastodont": plus "numerous enamel and ivory fragments"
†Platygonus bicalcaratus (peccary)3
Hemiauchenia sp. 4
"Tanupolama sp.": small
Tanupolama blancoensis = †Hemiauchenia blancoensis (camel)2
"long-limbed"
†Blancocamelus meadei (camel)1
Dalquest (1975): "undescribed long-limbed camel"
Camelops sp. 3
Equus scotti = †Equus aff. excelsus (horse)9
†Equus (Plesippus) cf. simplicidens (horse)12
Equus cumminsi = †Equus cumminsii (horse)4