Gravel Pit at Temple: Pleistocene, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus semiplicatus Cope 1893
nomen dubium belonging to Equus
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodon harlani (Owen 1840)
recombined as Paramylodon harlani
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo francisi n. sp. Hay 1923
nomen dubium belonging to Testudinidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Bell
Coordinates: 31.1° North, 97.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.1° North, 97.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Original description indicates it is likely Aftonian in age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: gravel
Lithology description: gravel pit
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:190387
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-12-07 02:08:21 Last modified:2017-12-07 02:08:21
Access level:the public Released:2017-12-07 02:08:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24940. O. P. Hay. 1923. Characteristics of sundry fossil vertebrates. Pan-American Geologist 39:101-120 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]