Moore Pit: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Texas
collected by B. H. Slaughter, B. R. Hoover, R. Pickerel, R. Ritchie, F. Schneider 1962

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Crenodonta perplicata
Truncilla truncata
Aplexia hypnorum
Planorbula armigera
Retinella indentata
Stenotrema leai
Mysicacea indet.
Pylodictis olivaris
Actinopteri - Pycnodontiformes - Pycnodontidae
Mesodon thyroidea
replaced by Typodus
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Catostomidae
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Ictaluridae
Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque 1818)
Actinopteri - Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus cf. spatula
Lepisosteus sp. Agassiz 1843
"long-nosed or short-nosed gar"
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Tyto alba (Scopoli 1769)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Corvidae
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Tympanuchus sp. Gloger 1841
Reptilia
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin 1801)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Graptemys geographica (Le Sueur 1817)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone cf. crassiscutata (Leidy 1889)
recombined as Hesperotestudo crassiscutata
"Geochelone cf. crassiculata"
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
    = Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825
Lutugin 1894
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Mammut americanus (Kerr 1792)
recombined as Mammut americanum
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus copei Simpson 1945
synonym of Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus conversidens Owen 1869
Equus cf. lambei Hay 1917
synonym of Equus niobrarensis alaskae
Equus ? quinni Slaughter et al. 1962
synonym of Equus francisci
Equus midlandensis Quinn 1957
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
"O. virginianus aplodon"
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison cf. chaneyi Cook 1928
synonym of Bison alaskensis
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Breameryx sp. Furlong 1946
synonym of Capromeryx
Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848
Mammalia - Camelidae
Tanupolama mirifica Simpson 1929
recombined as Palaeolama mirifica
(6 measurements)
Camelops huerfanensis (Cragin 1892)
synonym of Camelops hesternus
"C. huerfanensis dallasi"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Smilodon fatalis (Leidy 1868)
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Felis cf. inexpectata (Cope 1895)
recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes fulva Desmarest 1829
synonym of Vulpes vulpes
Aenocyon cf. dirus (Leidy 1858)
Canis latrans Say 1823
"cf. C.l. harriscrooki"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus cf. simus (Cope 1879)
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Procyon lotor (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela vison (Schreber 1777)
recombined as Neogale vison
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Scalopus aquaticus (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825
Neotoma floridana (Ord 1818)
Peromyscus cf. leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Microtus pinetorum (Le Conte 1830)
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus (Allen 1890)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis (Leidy 1889)
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus Sellards 1941
synonym of Megalonyx jeffersonii
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gastropoda - Amnicolidae
Amnicola integra
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Helicinidae
Helicina orbiculata
"H. orbiculata tropica"
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea dalli
Lymnaea caperata
Lymnaea obrussa
Lymnaea modicella
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Helisoma trivolvis
Helisoma anceps
Menetus dilataus
Gyraulus circumstriatus
Gyraulus parvus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa gyrina
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Gastrocoptidae
Gastrocopta armifera
Gastrocopta procera
Gastrocopta contracta
Gastrocopta pentodon
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pupillidae
Pupoides albilabris
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Strobilopsidae
Strobilops texasiana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicodiscidae
Helicodiscus paralellus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Zonitidae
Zonitoides arboreus
Hawaiia minuscula
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Polygyridae
Polygyra texasiana
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Bulimulidae
Bulimulus dealbatus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Succineidae
Succinea avara
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium exiguum
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Quadrula speciosa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Sphaerium striatinum
Myriapoda
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844
Insecta - Orthoptera
Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Hymenoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Chrysomelidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
original and current combination Chrysomelinae
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815
Insecta - Coleoptera - Carabidae
Carabidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Dallas
Coordinates: 32.7° North, 96.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.7° North, 96.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Formation:Shuler
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: from the "second alluvial terrace" in the "Lower Shuler"
"in excess of 37,000 year in age" and "falls within an old valley fill believed to have formed between 50,000 and 25,000 B.P."; also called "early Rancholabrean" meaning "Illinoian to the beginning of the classic Wisconsin" but the latter is consider to start "by about 28,000 B.P."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:"cross stratification" unlithified gravel
Lithology description: sand is "cross-bedded, and in some places fills of small feeder creeks that crossed the ancient floodplain are in evidence... most of the material" comes from "the larger of these"
Environment:"channel"
Glacial or sequence phase:high glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:B. H. Slaughter, B. R. Hoover, R. Pickerel, R. Ritchie, F. Schneider Collection dates:1962
Collection method comments: Southern Methodist University collection
Taxonomic list comments:originally described by Slaughter et al. (1962) with individual pits discussed separately
Metadata
Also known as:Wood Pit; Elam Pit; Milton Pit; Pemberton Hill
Database number:93103
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-04 11:53:49 Last modified:2022-03-07 08:28:40
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-04 11:53:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
3185. B. H. Slaughter. 1966. The Moore Pit local fauna; Pleistocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 40(1):78-91 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]