Also known as Wood Pit; Elam Pit; Milton Pit; Pemberton Hill
Where: Dallas County, Texas (32.7° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 96.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shuler Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 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."
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; unlithified gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B. H. Slaughter, B. R. Hoover, R. Pickerel, R. Ritchie, F. Schneider in 1962
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,
• Southern Methodist University collection
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93103: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Actinopteri | |
Ictiobus sp. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006 carp-like fish | |
Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818 catfish | |
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 freshwater drum | |
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"Mesodon thyroidea" = Typodus
"Mesodon thyroidea" = Typodus | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Reptilia | |
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 black racer | |
Aves | |
Tympanuchus sp. Gloger 1841 pheasant | |
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow | |
Reptilia | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Graptemys geographica Le Sueur 1817 common map turtle
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle | |
"Geochelone cf. crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata
"Geochelone cf. crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle "Geochelone cf. crassiculata"
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Mammalia | |
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 common opossum | |
"Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus" = Megalonyx jeffersonii
"Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus" = Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth | |
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
"Mammut americanus" = Mammut americanum
"Mammut americanus" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Peromyscus cf. leucopus, Sigmodon hispidus, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus pinetorum, Neotoma floridana
Peromyscus cf. leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat | |
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
"Felis cf. inexpectata" = Miracinonyx inexpectatus Cope 1895 American cheetah
Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat | |
"Vulpes fulva" = Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Aenocyon cf. dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink | |
Arctodus cf. simus Cope 1879 giant short-faced bear
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear | |
"Tapirus copei" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus copei" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir | |
"Equus midlandensis" = Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus, Equus conversidens, "Equus ? quinni" = Equus francisci, "Equus cf. lambei" = Equus alaskae
"Equus midlandensis" = Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
"Equus ? quinni" = Equus francisci Hay 1915 horse
"Equus cf. lambei" = Equus alaskae Winans 1989 horse | |
"Tanupolama mirifica" = Palaeolama mirifica, "Camelops huerfanensis" = Camelops hesternus
"Tanupolama mirifica" = Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama | |
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"Bison cf. chaneyi" = Bison alaskensis
"Bison cf. chaneyi" = Bison alaskensis Rhoads 1897 bison | |
Tetrameryx shuleri, "Breameryx sp." = Capromeryx
Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921 pronghorn
"Breameryx sp." = Capromeryx Matthew 1902 pronghorn | |
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Insecta | |
Hymenoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 winged insect | |
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle | |
Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle | |
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle | |
Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789 grasshopper | |
Myriapoda | |
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844 millipede | |
Gastropoda | |
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Physa gyrina snail | |
Helisoma anceps snail
Helisoma trivolvis Say 1817 snail
Menetus dilataus snail
Gyraulus circumstriatus snail
Gyraulus parvus snail | |
Succinea avara amber snail | |
Bulimulus dealbatus slug | |
Strobilops texasiana slug | |
Pupoides albilabris slug | |
Hawaiia minuscula true glass snail
Zonitoides arboreus Say 1817 true glass snail | |
Polygyra texasiana slug | |
Carychium exiguum snail | |
Amnicola integra snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Quadrula speciosa freshwater mussel | |
Sphaerium striatinum fingernail clam |