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TABLE 1. Miocene localities, stratigraphy, local faunas and proboscideans from the Texas Coastal Plain.

Locality Stratigraphy Local Fauna NALMA Taxon
TMM 40081 Oakville Formation? unnamed He? Proboscidean
TMM 40622 Lower Lagarto Formation Belts Creek L.F. Ba1 Gomphotherium cf. Gomphotherium inopinatum
TMM 40775
(TAM 19)
Lower Lagarto Formation Noble Farm L.F. Ba1 Gomphotherium sp.
TMM40418 Lower Lagarto Formation Brenham L.F. Ba1 Gomphotherium sp.
TMM 31219 Upper Lagarto Formation Cold Spring L.F.
Donahoe Farm locality
Ba2 Gomphotherium sp.
TMM 31191 Upper Lagarto Formation Cold Spring L.F.
Sam Houston locality
Ba2 Gomphotherium sp.
TAM 38 Upper Lagarto Formation Cold Spring L.F. Ba2 Gomphotherium sp.
TMM 31272 Upper Lagarto Formation Chappell Hill L.F. Ba2 Gomphotherium sp.
TMM 30936 Lower Goliad Formation Ten Mile Waterhole Creek L.F. Cl1 cf. Gomphotherium sp.
TMM 31170, TMM 31132 Lower Goliad Formation Bridge Ranch L.F. Cl1 cf. Gomphotherium sp.
TMM 30896 Lower Goliad Formation Buckner Ranch L.F. CL2 Blancotherium buckneri

 

 

 

TABLE 2. TxVP specimen numbers (TMM), Texas A&M museum numbers (TAM), figure and plate numbers from Hay (1925), and element identification.

TMM # TAM # Hay (1925) Figure Element
TMM 40775-2129.1 TAM 2129A plate 3.2 LDp2
TMM 40775-2129.2 TAM 2129B plate 3.3 RDp2
TMM 40775-49 TAM 2121E plate 3.4 RM2
TMM 40775-47 TAM 2121C plate 3.5 RM3
TMM 40775-46 TAM 2121B plate 3.6 Lm3
TMM 40775-50.1 TAM 2121F plate 4.1, 4.2 LDp4
TMM 40775-50.2 TAM 2121F - RDp4
TMM 40775-2121 TAM 2121, 2121A, 2213 figs. 4 and 5 Upper right tusk fragments with partial cranial fragments
TMM 40775-48.1 TAM 2121D plate 4.5 Juvenile lower tusk
TMM 40775-48.2 TAM 2121D plate 4.5, 4.6 Juvenile lower tusk
TMM 40775-51 TAM 2121F plate 4.4, fig. 9 Partial mandible with R tusk fragment, L tusk alveolus
TMM 40775-52 TAM 2213C - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-53 TAM 2213D - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-54 TAM 2213E - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-55 TAM 2213F - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-56 TAM 2213G - L i2 fragment, belongs with TMM 40775-51
TMM 40775-57 TAM 2213H - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-58 TAM 2213J - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-59 TAM 2213I, P - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-60 No number - Upper tusk fragment
TMM 40775-61 No number - P/p2?

 

 

 

TABLE 3. Measurements in cm for a series of cranial features comparing Gomphotherium angustidens (SEP185, age class XXI) (Tassy, 2013) and Gomphotherium sp. (TMM 31219-237) from the Cold Spring L.F. Features are based on the descriptions and illustration provided by Tassy (2013).

Element description Gomphotherium
angustidens
Gomphotherium
sp.
Element
number
Length of skull, condyles to premaxillae 72.2 ~69 12
Maximum length of zygomatic arch 34.3 ~30 13
Length of the orbito-temporal fossa 18 22 14
Length of the basicranium 21 26 16
AP thickness of anterior zygomaticus 11.7 9 17
Maximum skull width at the zygomatic arches 39 49.5 18
Width of the basicranium 30 38.4 19
Maximum width choana 4.9 6.8 20
Maximum internal width of palate 7.5 8.1 21
Maximum external width of palate 16 18.2 22