Taylor Bayou (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Harris County, Texas (29.6° N, 95.1° W: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 95.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• "late Wisconsin, 35,000 to 50,000 BP"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; red sandstone and claystone

• "laminated clay bed 4-6.1 m below sea level (6.1-8.5 m below surface level). The main fossiliferous matrix was the reddish-organge [sic] sand interspersed between layers of clay. The clay layers contained only a few fish scales, possibly from the contact with the main fossil-bearing strata."

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by D. F. Simmons, W. L. McClure in 1972

Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,

• specimens in the Midwestern University Collection of Fossil Vertebrates

Primary reference: T. C. Kaspar and W. L. McClure. 1976. The Taylor Bayou Local Fauna (Pleistocene) near Houston, Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 21(1):9-16 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74470: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Decapoda indet.
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802 decapod
"Crayfish"
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana catesbiana
Mammalia
 Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
"Boreostracon sp." = Glyptotherium
"Boreostracon sp." = Glyptotherium Osborn 1903 glyptodon
 Carnivora - Canidae
Urocyon cf. cinereoargenteus
Urocyon cf. cinereoargenteus Schreber 1775 gray fox
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bison sp.
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus californicus, Sylvilagus sp.
Lepus californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma sp., Oryzomys palustris
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
 Rodentia - Caviidae
Neochoerus sp.
Neochoerus sp. Hay 1926 caviomorph
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydinae indet., Terrapene sp.
Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle
"Pseudomys sp."
Terrapene sp. Merrem 1820 box turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionychidae indet.
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae
Alligator mississippiensis
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus sp.
Ictalurus sp. Rafinesque 1820 catfish
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 freshwater drum
 Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus sp.
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843 gar