Trinidad, Boatwright locality Site 1: Pleistocene, Texas
collected by WPA 1939
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudinata
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Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| carapace | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina sp.
Simpson 1930
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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= Chlamytherium septentrionale
Leidy 1889
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James 1957 | |||||||||
| recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx sp.
Harlan 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Megalonyx brachycephalus n. sp.
Sellards 1941
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
| synonym of Megalonyx jeffersonii | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodon sp.
Cuvier 1817
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= Mastodon americanus
Kerr 1792
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
| recombined as Mammut americanum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale sp.
Gray 1865
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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Anonymous 1939 | |||||||||
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= Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus ? complicatus
Leidy 1858
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| skull | ||||||||||
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= Equus complicatus
Leidy 1858
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Tanupolama sp.
Stock 1928
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
| synonym of Hemiauchenia | ||||||||||
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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= Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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= Odocoileus cf. virginianus
Zimmermann 1780
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castoridae indet.
Gray 1821
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= Castor sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Anonymous 1939 | |||||||||
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= Didelphis cf. virginianus
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Sellards 1941 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Henderson |
| Coordinates: | 32.2° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° North, 95.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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 | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Terrace "C" | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | argillaceous,conglomeratic sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1939 |
| Collection method comments: UTBEG collection | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Leo Boatwright Farm; UTBEG Loc. No. 30907, Work Project No. 13129, Boatwright Gravel Pit, TMM 30727, 30787, 30907 | ||
| Database number: | 85140 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-02 17:22:48 | Last modified: | 2020-01-17 12:59:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-02 17:22:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71439. | 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] |
Secondary references:
| 71437 | Anonymous. 1939. The second quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 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 1-26 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 28643 | G. T. James. 1957. An edentate from the Pleistocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):796-808 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 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] | |
| 3325 | J. W. Stovall and W. N. McAnulty. 1950. The vertebrate fauna and geologic age of Trinity River terraces in Henderson County, Texas. American Midland Naturalist 44(1):211-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |