Cypress Creek: Late Pleistocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Notoungulata
- Toxodontidae
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Palaeolama sp.
Gervais 1869
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Mammalia
- Megatheriidae
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Eremotherium sp.
Spillmann 1948
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Harris |
| Coordinates: | 30.0° North, 95.8° West (view map) | ||||
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| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 27.703 ± 100 to 17.080 ± 90 YBP (14C) |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Deweyville | Member: | Upper | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: The sandy deposits generally are 3–4 m thick and overlie fine, well-rounded gravel. The
toxodont tooth was found on the contact between the sand and gravel. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,coarse,brown,white sandy sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hockley | ||
| Database number: | 145380 | ||
| Authorizer: | C. Jaramillo | Enterer: | C. Suarez-Gomez, J. Carrillo |
| Modifier: | J. Carrillo | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-06-02 13:37:33 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-06-02 13:37:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 64960. | E. L. Lundelius, V. M. Bryant, R. Mandel, K. J. Thies, and A. Thoms. 2013. The first occurrence of a toxodont (Mammalia, Notoungulata) in the United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(1):229-232 [C. Jaramillo/J. Carrillo] |