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
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Crenodonta perplicata
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Truncilla truncata
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Aplexia hypnorum
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Planorbula armigera
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Retinella indentata
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Stenotrema leai
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Mysicacea indet.
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Pylodictis olivaris
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Pampatheriidae
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Holmesina septentrionalis
(Leidy 1889)
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Mammalia
- Megalonychidae
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Megalonyx cf. brachycephalus
Sellards 1941
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synonym of Megalonyx jeffersonii | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma floridana
(Ord 1818)
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Microtus pinetorum
(Le Conte 1830)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Peromyscus cf. leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Sciurus carolinensis
Gmelin 1788
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes fulva
Desmarest 1829
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synonym of Vulpes vulpes | ||||||||||
Canis latrans
Say 1823
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"cf. C.l. harriscrooki" | ||||||||||
Aenocyon cf. dirus
(Leidy 1858)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela vison
(Schreber 1777)
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recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Procyon lotor
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus americanus
Pallas 1780
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Arctodus cf. simus
(Cope 1879)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Smilodon fatalis
(Leidy 1868)
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Felis cf. inexpectata
(Cope 1895)
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recombined as Miracinonyx inexpectatus | ||||||||||
Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus midlandensis
Quinn 1957
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synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus | ||||||||||
Equus cf. lambei
Hay 1917
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synonym of Equus niobrarensis alaskae | ||||||||||
Equus conversidens
Owen 1869
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Equus ? quinni
Slaughter et al. 1962
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synonym of Equus francisci | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Tapiridae
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Tapirus copei
Simpson 1945
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synonym of Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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"O. virginianus aplodon" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Breameryx sp.
Furlong 1946
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synonym of Capromeryx | ||||||||||
Tetrameryx shuleri
Lull 1921
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. chaneyi
Cook 1928
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synonym of Bison alaskensis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops huerfanensis
(Cragin 1892)
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synonym of Camelops hesternus | ||||||||||
"C. huerfanensis dallasi" | ||||||||||
Tanupolama mirifica
Simpson 1929
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recombined as Palaeolama mirifica | ||||||||||
(6 measurements) | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Platygonus compressus
Leconte 1848
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Scalopus aquaticus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanus
(Kerr 1792)
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recombined as Mammut americanum | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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recombined as Mammuthus columbi | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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= Trionychidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Lutugin 1894 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Graptemys geographica
(Le Sueur 1817)
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone cf. crassiscutata
(Leidy 1889)
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recombined as Hesperotestudo crassiscutata | ||||||||||
"Geochelone cf. crassiculata" | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Coluber constrictor
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Aquila chrysaetos
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Reptilia
- Phasianidae
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Tympanuchus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Reptilia
- Passeriformes
- Corvidae
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Corvus brachyrhynchos
Brehm 1822
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Reptilia
- Strigiformes
- Tytonidae
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Tyto alba
(Scopoli 1769)
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Reptilia
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Alligator mississippiensis
(Daudin 1801)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Anura indet.
(Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus cf. spatula
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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"long-nosed or short-nosed gar" | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Pycnodontiformes
- Pycnodontidae
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Mesodon thyroidea
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replaced by Typodus | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Sciaenidae
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Aplodinotus grunniens
Rafinesque 1819
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Ictaluridae
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Ictalurus punctatus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Catostomidae
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Ictiobus sp.
Alvarado-Ortega et al. 2006
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Sphaeriidae
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Sphaerium striatinum
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Quadrula speciosa
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Helicinidae
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Helicina orbiculata
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"H. orbiculata tropica" | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Carychiidae
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Carychium exiguum
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Polygyridae
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Polygyra texasiana
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Strobilopsidae
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Strobilops texasiana
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Gastrocoptidae
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Gastrocopta armifera
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Gastrocopta procera
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Gastrocopta contracta
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Gastrocopta pentodon
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pupillidae
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Pupoides albilabris
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicodiscidae
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Helicodiscus paralellus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea avara
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Bulimulidae
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Bulimulus dealbatus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Zonitidae
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Hawaiia minuscula
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Zonitoides arboreus
(Say 1817)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa gyrina
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Gyraulus circumstriatus
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Gyraulus parvus
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Menetus dilataus
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Helisoma anceps
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Helisoma trivolvis
(Say 1817)
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Lymnaea dalli
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Lymnaea caperata
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Lymnaea obrussa
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Lymnaea modicella
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Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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Amnicola integra
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
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Orthoptera indet.
Olivier 1789
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Carabidae
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Carabidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Elateridae
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Elateridae indet.
Leach 1815
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Chrysomelidae
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Chrysomelidae indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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original and current combination Chrysomelinae | ||||||||||
Insecta
- Hymenoptera
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Hymenoptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Myriapoda
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Diplopoda indet.
Gervais 1844
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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] |