Also known as Pittbridge; Bryan
Where: Brazos County, Texas (30.6° N, 96.4° W: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 96.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• "presumably Pleistocene"
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A. R. Cahn, W. A. Rounds
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College collection
•at least one specimen found "in a partially buried condition"
Primary reference: O. P. Hay. 1916. Descriptions of some fossil vertebrates found in Texas. Bulletin of the University of Texas 71:3-24 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 85137: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.12.2008, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
•some material previously described by Hay 1916
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"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis2
"Chlamytherium septentrionalis" = Holmesina septentrionalis2 Leidy 1889 edentate see also James 1957
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"Camelops huerfanensis" = Camelops hesternus2
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Gomphotherium gratum n. sp.
Gomphotherium gratum n. sp. Hay 1916 gomphothere | |
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"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi2
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Reptilia | |
Terrapene impressa n. sp.3
Terrapene impressa n. sp.3 Hay 1924 box turtle Unknown collection (holotype), an anterior plastral lobe (Hay 1924, fig. 5).
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"Testudo crassiscutata n. sp." = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata2
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