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