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Reeve's bonebed


Reeve's Bonebed is a geological formation in Presidio County, Texas, with the coordinates of 29.9° N, 104.2° W. It consists of fossiliferous sedimentary rock dating from the late Eocene and early Oligocene. It is well known for its vertebrate fossils, hence the name "bone bed". A few invertebrate fossils are also present.

Reeve's bonebed lies in the Vieja Formation.

The University of Texas has a large collection of fossils from Reeve's Bonebed which represent numerous different taxonomic groups. In the following table, the number of specimens of each taxon in the university collection from the bonebed is indicated in the abundance column:

Cetartiodactyla

Merycoidodontidae

Merycoidodon

91: midly common

Bathygenys

709: extremely common

hundreds of endocasts (see below)

Leptomerycidae

Hendryomeryx defordi

2: extremely rare

Leptomeryx

10: rare

Oromerycidae

Eotylopus reedi

1: extremely rare

Agriochoeridae

Agriochoerus

15: average abundance

Leptotragulus

1: extremely rare

Heteromeryx defordi

2: extremely rare

Rodentia

Eutypomyidae

Eutypomys inexpectatus


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