Trinidad, Boatwright locality Site 1 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Leo Boatwright Farm; UTBEG Loc. No. 30907, Work Project No. 13129, Boatwright Gravel Pit, TMM 30727, 30787, 30907

Where: Henderson County, Texas (32.2° N, 96.1° W: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 95.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• Terrace "C"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; argillaceous, conglomeratic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by WPA in 1939

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

• UTBEG collection

Primary reference: Anonymous. 1939. The first quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30,1939 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-22+ [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85140: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.12.2008, edited by Matthew Carrano

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet. turtle
carapace
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Mastodon americanus" = Mammut americanum2
"Mastodon americanus" = Mammut americanum2 Kerr 1792 American mastodon
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 beaver
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale sp.2 Gray 1865 skunk
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 canine
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. virginianus2 Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp.2, "Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia2
Camelops sp.2 Leidy 1854 camel
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia2 Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus complicatus2 Leidy 1858 horse
skull
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
"Chlamytherium septentrionale" = Holmesina septentrionalis1
"Chlamytherium septentrionale" = Holmesina septentrionalis1 Leidy 1889 edentate
 Megatherioidea - Megalonychidae
"Megalonyx brachycephalus n. sp." = Megalonyx jeffersonii2
"Megalonyx brachycephalus n. sp." = Megalonyx jeffersonii2 Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis cf. virginianus2 large American opossum