Also known as 41WM235
Where: Williamson County, Texas (30.7° N, 97.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 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."
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1982-1984
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Texas Department of Transportation excavation
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93259: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 10.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Canis sp. Linnaeus 1758 canine | |
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat | |
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit | |
Reptilia | |
Phasianidae indet. Horsfield 1821 pheasant | |
Sternotherus sp. Gray 1825 musk turtle | |
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake |