Moore Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Texas
collected by B. H. Slaughter, B. R. Hoover, R. Pickerel, R. Ritchie, F. Schneider 1962
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Crenodonta perplicata
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Truncilla truncata
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Aplexia hypnorum
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Planorbula armigera
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Retinella indentata
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Stenotrema leai
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Mysicacea indet.
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Pylodictis olivaris
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Mesodon thyroidea
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replaced by Typodus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Catostomidae
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Ictiobus sp.
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus punctatus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Aplodinotus grunniens
Rafinesque 1819
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus cf. spatula
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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"long-nosed or short-nosed gar" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Aquila chrysaetos
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus brachyrhynchos
Brehm 1822
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Tympanuchus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Reptilia
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Alligator mississippiensis
(Daudin 1801)
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Coluber constrictor
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Graptemys geographica
(Le Sueur 1817)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone cf. crassiscutata
(Leidy 1889)
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recombined as Hesperotestudo crassiscutata | ||||||||||
"Geochelone cf. crassiculata" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Lutugin 1894 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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recombined as Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanus
(Kerr 1792)
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recombined as Mammut americanum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus copei
Simpson 1945
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synonym of Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus conversidens
Owen 1869
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Equus cf. lambei
Hay 1917
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synonym of Equus niobrarensis alaskae | ||||||||||
Equus ? quinni
Slaughter et al. 1962
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synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
Equus midlandensis
Quinn 1957
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synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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"O. virginianus aplodon" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. chaneyi
Cook 1928
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synonym of Bison alaskensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Breameryx sp.
Furlong 1946
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synonym of Capromeryx | ||||||||||
Tetrameryx shuleri
Lull 1921
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Tanupolama mirifica
Simpson 1929
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recombined as Palaeolama mirifica | ||||||||||
(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Camelops huerfanensis
(Cragin 1892)
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synonym of Camelops hesternus | ||||||||||
"C. huerfanensis dallasi" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon fatalis
(Leidy 1868)
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Felis cf. inexpectata
(Cope 1895)
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recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes fulva
Desmarest 1829
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synonym of Vulpes vulpes | ||||||||||
Aenocyon cf. dirus
(Leidy 1858)
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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"cf. C.l. harriscrooki" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus cf. simus
(Cope 1879)
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela vison
(Schreber 1777)
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recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Peromyscus cf. leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus
Sellards 1941
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synonym of Megalonyx jeffersonii | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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Amnicola integra
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Helicinidae
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Helicina orbiculata
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"H. orbiculata tropica" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Lymnaea dalli
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Lymnaea caperata
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Lymnaea obrussa
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Lymnaea modicella
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Helisoma trivolvis
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Helisoma anceps
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Menetus dilataus
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Gyraulus circumstriatus
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Gyraulus parvus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa gyrina
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Gastrocoptidae
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Gastrocopta armifera
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Gastrocopta procera
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Gastrocopta contracta
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Gastrocopta pentodon
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pupillidae
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Pupoides albilabris
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Strobilopsidae
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Strobilops texasiana
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicodiscidae
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Helicodiscus paralellus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Zonitidae
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Zonitoides arboreus
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Hawaiia minuscula
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Polygyridae
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Polygyra texasiana
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Bulimulidae
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Bulimulus dealbatus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea avara
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Carychiidae
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Carychium exiguum
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Quadrula speciosa
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium striatinum
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Myriapoda
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Diplopoda indet.
Gervais 1844
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
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Orthoptera indet.
Olivier 1789
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
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Hymenoptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Chrysomelidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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original and current combination Chrysomelinae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Elateridae indet.
Leach 1815
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Carabidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Dallas |
Coordinates: | 32.7° North, 96.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 96.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Formation: | Shuler | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: from the "second alluvial terrace" in the "Lower Shuler"
"in excess of 37,000 year in age" and "falls within an old valley fill believed to have formed between 50,000 and 25,000 B.P."; also called "early Rancholabrean" meaning "Illinoian to the beginning of the classic Wisconsin" but the latter is consider to start "by about 28,000 B.P." |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "cross stratification" unlithified gravel |
Lithology description: sand is "cross-bedded, and in some places fills of small feeder creeks that crossed the ancient floodplain are in evidence... most of the material" comes from "the larger of these" | |
Environment: | "channel" |
Glacial or sequence phase: | high glacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | salvage,selective quarrying,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | B. H. Slaughter, B. R. Hoover, R. Pickerel, R. Ritchie, F. Schneider | Collection dates: | 1962 |
Collection method comments: Southern Methodist University collection | |||
Taxonomic list comments:originally described by Slaughter et al. (1962) with individual pits discussed separately |
Metadata
Also known as: | Wood Pit; Elam Pit; Milton Pit; Pemberton Hill | ||
Database number: | 93103 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-01-04 11:53:49 | Last modified: | 2022-03-07 08:28:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-04 11:53:49 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3185. | B. H. Slaughter. 1966. The Moore Pit local fauna; Pleistocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 40(1):78-91 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |