Ingleside Site No. 1, Tedford Caliche Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Texas
collected by WPA 1939–1940

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
? Ameiurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
    = Ameiurus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Sellards 1941
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
"probably 2 types"
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas cf. columbi Falconer 1857
    = Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
Anonymous 1940
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon cf. americanus (Kerr 1792)
    = Mastodon americanus Kerr 1792
Anonymous 1940
recombined as Mammut americanum
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
"indeterminable small carnivore"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Aenocyon sp. Merriam 1918
Sellards 1941
Canis cf. ayersi Sellards 1916
synonym of Aenocyon dirus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
"large"
    = Felis atrox Leidy 1853
Sellards 1941
recombined as Panthera leo atrox
Panthera onca (Linnaeus 1758)
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841
    = Smilodon californicus Bovard 1907
Sellards 1941
synonym of Smilodon fatalis
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
? Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
    = Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
    = Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780
Sellards 1941
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
    = Cervus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
    = Bison antiquus Leidy 1852
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
Sellards 1941
Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Camelidae
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
synonym of Hemiauchenia
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Equus complicatus Leidy 1858
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762
    = Tapirus veroensis Sellards 1918
Sellards 1941
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
    = Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Mylodon sp. Owen 1859
    = Mylodon harlani Owen 1840
Sellards 1941
recombined as Paramylodon harlani
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotherium sp. Lydekker 1889
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
? Boreostracon sp. Simpson 1929
    = Boreostracon sp. Simpson 1929
Sellards 1941
synonym of Glyptotherium
Glyptodon sp. Owen 1839
Anonymous 1940 1 individual
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
"2 or more"
Reptilia
? Amphisbaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
"2 or 3 types"
    = Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
"n. sp."
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Sellards 1941
synonym of Terrapene
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Sellards 1941
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae
? Limnodromus sp. Wied-Neuwied 1833
Feduccia 1973 1 specimen
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Colinus virginianus (Linnaeus 1758)
Feduccia 1973 1 specimen
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Feduccia 1973 6 specimens
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822
Feduccia 1973 1 specimen
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus 1758)
Feduccia 1973 2 specimens
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Feduccia 1973 1 specimen
Anas sp. Linnaeus 1758
Feduccia 1973 1 specimen
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
Feduccia 1973 2 specimens
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes - Ciconiidae
Ciconia maltha Miller 1910
Feduccia 1973 3 specimens
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Sellards 1941
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:San Patricio
Coordinates: 27.9° North, 97.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.9° North, 97.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified argillaceous,conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "an unconsolidated calcareous sand containing lentals of clay and occasional rounded gravels"
Environment:pond
Geology comments: "freshwater pond"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1939–1940
Collection method comments: UTBEG collection
Metadata
Also known as:UTBEG Loc. No. 30967, WPA, Work Project No. 12592, Inglesides
Database number:85142
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano, M. Clapham Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-12-02 17:35:26 Last modified:2020-01-16 15:44:34
Access level:the public Released:2008-12-02 17:35:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71451. Anonymous. 1939. The third quarterly report covering the quarter ending December 31,1939 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 1-47 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

71453 Anonymous. 1940. The fourth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 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 1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71463 Anonymous. 1940. The fifth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 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 1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
71464 Anonymous. 1940. The sixth quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30, 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]
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]
66308 A. Feduccia. 1973. Fossil birds from the late Pleistocene Ingleside fauna, San Patricio County, Texas. The Condor 75:243-244 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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]