P4: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Brutalichnus brutalis
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| Wiest et al "L2" synonymous with Nordt et al "P4" | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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Machichnus regularis
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| Wiest et al "L2" synonymous with Nordt et al "P4" | ||||||||||
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Machichnus bohemicus
Mikulas et al. 2006
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| Wiest et al "L2" synonymous with Nordt et al "P4" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Nihilichnus nihilicus
Mikulas et al. 2006
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| Wiest et al "L2" synonymous with Nordt et al "P4" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Nordt et al. 2015 | |||||||||
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unclassified
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Cubiculum sp.
Roberts et al. 2007
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| Wiest et al "L2" synonymous with Nordt et al "P4" | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | McLennan |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 97.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 31.6° North, 97.2° West |
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
| Member: | 3c–3d |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic argillaceous,silty "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | WMNM L2 | ||
| Database number: | 230004 | ||
| Authorizer: | E. Petsios | Enterer: | E. Petsios, D. Butler |
| Modifier: | D. Butler | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-04-27 14:55:44 | Last modified: | 2023-04-28 12:56:37 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-04-27 14:55:44 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84594. | L. Wiest, D. Esker, and S. Driese. 2016. The Waco Mammoth National Monument may represent a diminished watering-hole scenario based on preliminary evidence of post-mortem scavenging. Palaios 31(12):592-606 [E. Petsios/D. Butler] |
Secondary references:
| 84585 | L. Nordt, J. Bongino, S. Forman, D. Esker, and A. Benedict. 2015. Late Quaternary environments of the Waco Mammoth site, Texas USA. Quaternary Research 84:423-438 [E. Petsios/E. Petsios] |