Iron Bridge: Late/Upper 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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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus scotti
Gidley 1900
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38 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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21 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
does not include 20 non-diagnostic specimens | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Tetrameryx shuleri
Lull 1921
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2 specimens | |||||||||
(3 measurements) | ||||||||||
Capromeryx sp.
Matthew 1902
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4 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. imperator
(Leidy 1858)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
synonym of Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Rains |
Coordinates: | 32.8° North, 95.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.8° North, 95.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Local age/stage: | Sangamonian |
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Sangamonian |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection size: | 89 specimens |
Museum repositories: | TMM |
Taxonomic list comments:lat 32 49' 30" N, long 95 54' 45" W channel lag deposit sensu Behrensmeyer NISP 89 said to be Sangamonian based on fauna |
Metadata
Also known as: | ET Locality 60; TMM 40436 | ||
Database number: | 20603 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1997-06-02 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-17 17:46:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1997-06-02 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2784. | J. D. Pinsof and J. Echols. 1997. A late Pleistocene (Sangamonian) vertebrate fauna from eastern Texas. Texas Journal of Science 49(1):3-22 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |