Rural Shade, Crawford Gravel Pit: Pleistocene, Texas
collected by WPA 1940
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudinata
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Testudinata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Chlamytherium septentrionale
(Leidy 1889)
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James 1957 | ||||||
| recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
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Proboscidea indet.
(Illiger 1811)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mastodon sp.
Cuvier 1817
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| synonym of Mammut | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Anonymous 1940 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Anonymous 1940 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Navarro |
| Coordinates: | 32.1° North, 96.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.1° North, 95.9° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gravel |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | WPA | Collection dates: | 1940 |
| Collection method comments: UTBEG collection | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | UTBEG Loc. No. 31071, WPA, Work Project No. 13129 | ||
| Database number: | 85139 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-12-02 17:18:09 | Last modified: | 2020-01-10 12:33:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-12-02 17:18:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 71453. | Anonymous. 1940. The fourth quarterly report covering the quarter ending March 31, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-29 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 71463 | Anonymous. 1940. The fifth quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30, 1940 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project. O.P. No. 665-66-3-233. State Serial No. 300-88 1-25 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 28643 | G. T. James. 1957. An edentate from the Pleistocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 31(4):796-808 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |