Trinidad, Boatwright locality Site 1: Pleistocene, Texas
collected by WPA 1939

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Anonymous 1939
    = Didelphis cf. virginianus
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx sp. Harlan 1825
1 specimen
    = Megalonyx brachycephalus n. sp. Sellards 1941
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina sp. Simpson 1930
Sellards 1941
    = Chlamytherium septentrionale Leidy 1889
James 1957
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821
    = Castor sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
    = Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Sellards 1941
Tanupolama sp. Stock 1928
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
    = Odocoileus cf. virginianus Zimmermann 1780
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus ? complicatus Leidy 1858
1 specimen
skull
    = Equus complicatus Leidy 1858
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775
Anonymous 1939
    = Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale sp. Gray 1865
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mastodon sp. Cuvier 1817
    = Mastodon americanus Kerr 1792
Sellards 1941
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudinata
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811
1 specimen
carapace
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Henderson
Coordinates: 32.2° North, 96.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.2° 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: 2.58 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Terrace "C"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous,conglomeratic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:WPA Collection dates:1939
Collection method comments: UTBEG collection
Metadata
Also known as:Leo Boatwright Farm; UTBEG Loc. No. 30907, Work Project No. 13129, Boatwright Gravel Pit, TMM 30727, 30787, 30907
Database number:85140
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-12-02 17:22:48 Last modified:2020-01-17 12:59:02
Access level:the public Released:2008-12-02 17:22:48
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
71439. Anonymous. 1939. The first quarterly report covering the quarter ending June 30,1939 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 1-22+ [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

71437 Anonymous. 1939. The second quarterly report covering the quarter ending September 30,1939 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 1-26 [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]
71494 E. H. Sellards. 1941. Final report covering the period from March 4, 1939 ro September 30, 1941 for the state-wide paleontologic-mineralogic survey in Texas. A Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration Project iii-85 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
3325 J. W. Stovall and W. N. McAnulty. 1950. The vertebrate fauna and geologic age of Trinity River terraces in Henderson County, Texas. American Midland Naturalist 44(1):211-250 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]