Beaumont (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as ETE Locality 1516, Beaumont,

Where: Willacy County, Texas (26.5° N, 97.8° W: paleocoordinates 26.5° N, 97.6° W)

When: Beaumont Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: time_unit, ETE age comment: .

Environment/lithology:

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: floodplain ETE event: ., ETE env comment: .
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: .

Collection methods: ETE Size: .; ETE reference list: 478, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: J. W. Westgate. 1989. Mass occurence of the giant gopher tortoise (Gopherus hexagonatus) in the late Pleistocene, Beaumont Formation, Willacy County, Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(Supplement):44A. [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 22642: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 27.03.2001

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Gopherus hexagonatus
Gopherus hexagonatus Cope 1893 gopher tortoise