Also known as Wood Pit; Elam Pit; Milton Pit; Pemberton Hill
Where: Dallas County, Texas (32.7° N, 96.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 96.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shuler Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 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."
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "channel"; unlithified gravel
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by B. H. Slaughter, B. R. Hoover, R. Pickerel, R. Ritchie, F. Schneider in 1962
Collection methods: salvage, quarrying,
• Southern Methodist University collection
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93103: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 04.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
"Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus" = Megalonyx jeffersonii
"Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus" = Megalonyx jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth | |
Holmesina septentrionalis Leidy 1889 edentate | |
Dasypus bellus Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo | |
"Mammut americanus" = Mammut americanum
"Mammut americanus" = Mammut americanum Kerr 1792 American mastodon | |
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi
"Elephas columbi" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Procyon lotor Linnaeus 1758 raccoon | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink | |
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Arctodus cf. simus Cope 1879 giant short-faced bear | |
Aenocyon cf. dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
"Vulpes fulva" = Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
"Felis cf. inexpectata" = Miracinonyx inexpectatus Cope 1895 American cheetah
Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Smilodon fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat | |
"Bison cf. chaneyi" = Bison alaskensis
"Bison cf. chaneyi" = Bison alaskensis Rhoads 1897 bison | |
"Breameryx sp." = Capromeryx, Tetrameryx shuleri
"Breameryx sp." = Capromeryx Matthew 1902 pronghorn
Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921 pronghorn | |
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Platygonus compressus Leconte 1848 peccary | |
"Camelops huerfanensis" = Camelops hesternus, "Tanupolama mirifica" = Palaeolama mirifica
"Tanupolama mirifica" = Palaeolama mirifica Simpson 1929 stout-legged llama | |
"Tapirus copei" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
"Tapirus copei" = Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii Leidy 1860 tapir | |
"Equus midlandensis" = Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus, Equus conversidens, "Equus cf. lambei" = Equus alaskae, "Equus ? quinni" = Equus francisci
"Equus midlandensis" = Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
"Equus cf. lambei" = Equus alaskae Winans 1989 horse
"Equus ? quinni" = Equus francisci Hay 1915 horse | |
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew | |
Scalopus aquaticus Linnaeus 1758 eastern mole | |
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin 1788 eastern gray squirrel | |
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma floridana, Peromyscus cf. leucopus, Ondatra zibethicus, Microtus pinetorum
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat
Peromyscus cf. leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus 1766 muskrat
Microtus pinetorum Le Conte 1830 woodland vole | |
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 common opossum | |
Reptilia | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Graptemys geographica Le Sueur 1817 common map turtle | |
"Geochelone cf. crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata
"Geochelone cf. crassiscutata" = Hesperotestudo crassiscutata Leidy 1889 turtle "Geochelone cf. crassiculata"
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Coluber constrictor Linnaeus 1758 black racer | |
Alligator mississippiensis Daudin 1801 American alligator | |
Aves | |
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm 1822 American crow | |
Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 barn owl | |
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 golden eagle | |
Tympanuchus sp. Gloger 1841 pheasant | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Actinopteri | |
"Mesodon thyroidea" = Typodus
"Mesodon thyroidea" = Typodus | |
Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque 1819 freshwater drum | |
Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque 1818 catfish | |
Ictiobus sp. Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006 carp-like fish | |
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Insecta | |
Hymenoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 winged insect | |
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815 click beetle | |
Chrysomelidae indet. Latreille 1802 leaf beetle | |
Carabidae indet. Latreille 1802 ground beetle | |
Orthoptera indet. Olivier 1789 grasshopper | |
Myriapoda | |
Diplopoda indet. Gervais 1844 millipede | |
Bivalvia | |
Quadrula speciosa freshwater mussel | |
Sphaerium striatinum fingernail clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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Amnicola integra snail | |
Carychium exiguum snail | |
Hawaiia minuscula true glass snail
Zonitoides arboreus Say 1817 true glass snail | |
Bulimulus dealbatus slug | |
Succinea avara amber snail | |
Polygyra texasiana slug | |
Pupoides albilabris slug | |
Strobilops texasiana slug | |
Gyraulus circumstriatus snail
Gyraulus parvus snail
Helisoma anceps snail
Helisoma trivolvis Say 1817 snail
Menetus dilataus snail | |
Physa gyrina snail |