Aransas River, near Sinton: Pleistocene, Texas
collected by Hay, WPA 1940–1941

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Atractosteus ? tristoechus
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Anonymous 1941
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Anonymous 1941
synonym of Terrapene
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanum (Kerr 1792)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Anancus defloccatus n. sp. Hay 1926
Anancus orarius n. sp. Hay 1926
Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus n. gen. pinckneyi (Hay 1926)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops aransas n. sp. Hay 1926
synonym of Camelops hesternus
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
Anonymous 1941
synonym of Hemiauchenia
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus complicatus Leidy 1858
Equus littoralis Hay 1913
synonym of Plesippus simplicidens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Anonymous 1941
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Chlamytherium septentrionale (Leidy 1889)
recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptodon petaliferus Cope 1888
    = Glyptotherium sp. Osborn 1903
Zurita et al. 2018
Mammalia - Megatheriidae
Megatherium mirabite
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:San Patricio
Coordinates: 28.1° North, 97.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.2° North, 97.2° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:none
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Hay, WPA Collection dates:1940–1941
Metadata
Also known as:WPA, Work Project No. 12592, Site 2, TMM 31343
Database number:156789
Authorizer:J. Marcot, M. Carrano, C. Jaramillo Enterer:J. Marcot, J. Carrillo, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2014-05-31 19:44:44 Last modified:2020-01-17 10:09:43
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-31 19:44:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
51404. 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]

Secondary references:

71466 Anonymous. 1940. The seventh quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31, 1940 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 1-44 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71467 Anonymous. 1941. The eighth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 1941 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 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71494 E. H. Sellards. 1941. Final report covering the period from March 4, 1939 ro September 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project iii-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
66406 A. E. Zurita, D. D. Gillette, F. Cuadrelli and A. A. Carlini. 2018. A tale of two clades: Comparative study of Glyptodon Owen and Glyptotherium Osborn (Xenarthra, Cingulata, Glyptodontidae. Geobios 51(3):247-258 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo]