Aransas River, near Sinton (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as WPA, Work Project No. 12592, Site 2, TMM 31343

Where: San Patricio County, Texas (28.1° N, 97.4° W: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 97.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; poorly lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Hay, WPA in 1940–1941

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1926. A collection of Pleistocene vertebrates from southwestern Texas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 68(2625):1-18 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156789: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 31.05.2014, edited by Matthew Carrano and Juan Carrillo

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus ? tristoechus
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum
Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus defloccatus n. sp., Anancus orarius n. sp.
Anancus defloccatus n. sp. Hay 1926 gomphothere
Anancus orarius n. sp. Hay 1926 gomphothere
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp.
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet.1
Antilocapridae indet.1 Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia1, "Camelops aransas n. sp." = Camelops hesternus
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia1 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
"Camelops aransas n. sp." = Camelops hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus complicatus, "Equus littoralis" = Plesippus simplicidens
Equus complicatus Leidy 1858 horse
"Equus littoralis" = Plesippus simplicidens Cope 1892 horse
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp.1
Tapirus sp.1 Brisson 1762 tapir
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus pinckneyi n. gen.
Neochoerus pinckneyi n. gen. Hay 1926 caviomorph
 Megatherioidea - Megatheriidae
Megatherium mirabite
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium sp.2
Glyptotherium sp.2 Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Chlamytherium septentrionale" = Holmesina septentrionalis
"Chlamytherium septentrionale" = Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp.
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
"Cistudo sp." = Terrapene1
"Cistudo sp." = Terrapene1 Merrem 1820 box turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.1
Trionyx sp.1 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mississippiensis
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator
1Anonymous 1941; 2Zurita et al. 2018