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Pitts Bridge, Brazos County, Texas, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	30.5667,-96.4167
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Texas, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Brazos County, Texas, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Pitts Bridge	Cahn A. R. (1922)		"presumably Pleistocene"	sandstone	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Bison sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : *Bison*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Camelops hesternus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Camelops : *Auchenia hesterna*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Holmesina septentrionalis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Pampatheriidae : Holmesina : *Holmesina septentrionalis*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Equus complicatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Equus : *Equus complicatus*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Mammuthus columbi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : *Mammuthus columbi*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Gomphotherium gratum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae : Gomphotherium : *Gomphotherium gratum*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Mammut americanum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Mammutidae : Mammut : *Mammut americanum*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Megatheriidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Megatheriidae	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Terrapene sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Emydidae : *Terrapene*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene
Hesperotestudo crassiscutata species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Testudinidae : Hesperotestudo : *Hesperotestudo crassiscutata*	2.588 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene

Hay O. P. (1916) Descriptions of some fossil vertebrates found in Texas, Bulletin of the University of Texas 71, 3-24

Cahn A. R. (1922) Chlamytherium septentrionalis, a fossil edentate new to the fauna of Texas, Journal of Mammalogy 3 1, 22-24

Hay O. (1924) The Pleistocene of the middle region of North America and its vertebrated animals, 1-385

Alroy J. (2008) Synonymies, reidentifications, and other arbitrary pronouncements mostly concerning fossil vertebrates

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