Taxon |
Common name |
Damon |
Texas City |
McFaddin |
Avery |
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Mound |
Dike |
Beach |
Island |
Fish |
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Osteichtyes, unidentified |
Unidentified bony fish |
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Lepisosteus cf. L. spatula |
Alligator gar |
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Lepisosteus sp. |
Unidentified gar |
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Bagre marinus |
Gafftopsail catfish |
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Ictalurus sp. |
Unidentified catfish |
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Centrarchidae, unidentified |
Unidentified sunfish |
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Turtles |
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Emyda sp. |
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Trachemys scripta |
Common slider |
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Pseudemys sp. |
Unidentified cooter |
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Graptemys sp. |
Unidentified map turtle |
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Kinosternon sp. |
Unidentified mud turtle |
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Terrapene ornata |
Eastern box turtle |
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(Clemmys cf. C. insculpta) |
Questionable ID* |
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Geochelone crassicutata |
Extinct giant tortoise |
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Geochelone? sp. |
Extinct giant tortoise |
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Trionyx sp. |
Softshell turtle |
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Alligators |
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Alligator mississippiensis |
Alligator |
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Snakes |
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Serpentes, unident. |
Unidentified snake |
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Birds |
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Gavia immer |
Loon |
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Aves, unidentified |
Unidentified birds |
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Mammals |
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Didelphis marsupialis |
Possum |
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Canis cf. C. latrans |
Coyote |
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Canis dirus |
Dire wolf |
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Canis cf.
C. dirus? |
Dire wolf? |
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Panthera onca |
Jaguar |
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Smilodon floridanus |
Extinct sabertooth cat |
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Smilodon sp. |
Unidentified sabertooth |
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Tremarctos floridanus |
Extinct Florida cave bear |
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Ursus sp. |
Unidentified bear |
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Procyon lotor |
Raccoon |
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Lontra canadensis |
Northern river otter |
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Ondatra zibethicus |
Muskrat |
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Cynomys ludovicianus |
Black-tailed prairie dog |
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Sigmodon sp. |
Cotton rat |
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Taxon |
Common name |
Damon |
Texas City |
McFaddin |
Avery |
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Mound |
Dike |
Beach |
Island |
Castor canadensis |
Beaver |
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Castoroides sp. |
Extinct giant beaver |
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Neochoerus pinckneyi |
Extinct capybara |
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(Hydrochoerus capybara) |
Questionable ID* |
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(Hydrochoerus sp.) |
Questionable ID* |
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Sylvilagus sp. |
Cottontail rabbit |
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Megalonyx jeffersonii |
Extinct giant ground sloth |
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Megalonyx sp. |
Unidentified extinct sloth |
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Paramylodon harlani |
Extinct giant ground sloth |
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Boreaostracon sp. |
Extinct glyptodont |
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Eremotherium sp. |
Extinct giant ground sloth |
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Holmesina septentrionalis |
Extinct pampathere |
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Cuvieronius sp. |
Extinct gomphothere |
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Mammuthus cf.
M. columbi |
Extinct mammoth |
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Mammuthus sp. |
Unidentified mammoth |
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Mammut americanum |
Extinct mastodon |
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Mammut sp. |
Unidentified mastodon |
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Platygonus cf.
P. compressus? |
Extinct peccary |
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Mylohyus cf.
M. nasutus |
Extinct peccary |
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Odocoileus virginianus |
White-tail deer |
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Capromeryx cf. B. minor |
Extinct pronghorn |
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Capromeryx sp. |
Extinct pronghorn |
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Paleolama mirifica |
Extinct llama |
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Paleolama sp. |
Extinct llama |
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Bison sp. |
Bison, extinct or modern |
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Bison antiquus |
Extinct bison |
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Bison latifrons |
Extinct bison |
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Tapirus veroensis |
Extinct tapir |
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Tapirus copei |
Extinct tapir |
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Tapirus
sp. |
Extinct tapir |
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Equus spp. |
Horse, extinct species? |
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Cetacea, unidentified |
Dolphins, porpoises |
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* Original ID probably wrong, |
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but cannot be checked |
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without consulting specimens |
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COLOR KEY |
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extant taxa |
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extinct taxa |
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Identification insufficient to |
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diagnose extinction |
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