Wilson-Leonard Site Bone Bed Component: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Texas
collected 1982-1984
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Phasianidae indet.
Horsfield 1821
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Sternotherus sp.
Gray 1825
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Williamson |
| Coordinates: | 30.7° North, 97.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.7° North, 97.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: horse specimen is specifically from "Level 39A&B; Stratigraphic Unit Isi/Icl" and the entire fauna is from "an area of the site referred to as the Bone Bed Component" that "overlies a Clovis component" and "dates to ca. 11,400-11,000 yr B.P." | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
| Glacial or sequence phase: | late glacial |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | Collection dates: | 1982-1984 |
| Collection method comments: Texas Department of Transportation excavation | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 41WM235 | ||
| Database number: | 93259 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-10 21:32:34 | Last modified: | 2010-01-10 23:32:34 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-10 21:32:34 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31532. | B. W. Baker, M. B. Collins, and C. B. Bousman. 2002. Late-Pleistocene horse (Equus sp.) from the Wilson-Leonard archaeological site, central Texas. Current Research in the Pleistocene 19:97-100 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |