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
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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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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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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
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Aquila chrysaetos
(Linnaeus 1758)
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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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Graptemys geographica
(Le Sueur 1817)
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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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" | ||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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| recombined as Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanus
(Kerr 1792)
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| recombined as Mammut americanum | ||||||||||
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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
- Mustelidae
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Mustela vison
(Schreber 1777)
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| recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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| "cf. C.l. harriscrooki" | ||||||||||
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Aenocyon cf. dirus
(Leidy 1858)
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Vulpes fulva
Desmarest 1829
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| synonym of Vulpes vulpes | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon fatalis
(Leidy 1868)
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Felis cf. inexpectata
(Cope 1895)
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| recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus | ||||||||||
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus cf. lambei
Hay 1917
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| synonym of Equus niobrarensis alaskae | ||||||||||
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Equus conversidens
Owen 1869
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Equus midlandensis
Quinn 1957
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| synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
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Equus ? quinni
Slaughter et al. 1962
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| synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus copei
Simpson 1945
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| synonym of Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Camelops huerfanensis
(Cragin 1892)
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| synonym of Camelops hesternus | ||||||||||
| "C. huerfanensis dallasi" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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| "O. virginianus aplodon" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Breameryx sp.
Furlong 1946
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| synonym of Capromeryx | ||||||||||
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Tetrameryx shuleri
Lull 1921
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. chaneyi
Cook 1928
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| synonym of Bison alaskensis | ||||||||||
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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
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Peromyscus cf. leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Aplodinotus grunniens
Rafinesque 1819
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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
- 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" | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Mesodon thyroidea
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| replaced by Typodus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Helicinidae
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Helicina orbiculata
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| "H. orbiculata tropica" | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Carychiidae
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Carychium exiguum
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Zonitidae
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Hawaiia minuscula
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Zonitoides arboreus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea avara
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Polygyridae
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Polygyra texasiana
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicodiscidae
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Helicodiscus paralellus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pupillidae
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Pupoides albilabris
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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
- Strobilopsidae
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Strobilops texasiana
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Bulimulidae
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Bulimulus dealbatus
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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
- Physidae
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Physa gyrina
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Gyraulus circumstriatus
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Gyraulus parvus
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Helisoma trivolvis
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Helisoma anceps
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Menetus dilataus
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Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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Amnicola integra
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium striatinum
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Quadrula speciosa
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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
- Carabidae
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Carabidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Chrysomelidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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| original and current combination Chrysomelinae | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Elateridae indet.
Leach 1815
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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] |