Fossil Bison and Associated Artifacts From Plainview, Texas

Research Article| October 01, 1947 FOSSIL BISON AND ASSOCIATED ARTIFACTS FROM PLAINVIEW, TEXAS E. H SELLARDS; E. H SELLARDS TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS; DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GLEN L EVANS; GLEN L EVANS TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS; DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar GRAYSON E MEADE GRAYSON E MEADE TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS; DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information E. H SELLARDS TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS; DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. GLEN L EVANS TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS; DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. GRAYSON E MEADE TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM, AUSTIN 22, TEXAS; TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS; DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, TEXAS. Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 03 May 1946 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 Copyright © 1947, The Geological Society of America, Inc. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared by U.S. government employees within the scope of their employment. GSA Bulletin (1947) 58 (10): 927–954. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1947)58[927:FBAAAF]2.0.CO;2 Article history Received: 03 May 1946 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation E. H SELLARDS, GLEN L EVANS, GRAYSON E MEADE; FOSSIL BISON AND ASSOCIATED ARTIFACTS FROM PLAINVIEW, TEXAS. GSA Bulletin 1947;; 58 (10): 927–954. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1947)58[927:FBAAAF]2.0.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract A quarry containing fossil bison and associated artifacts was discovered on the High Plains of northwest Texas in 1944 and excavated in 1945. The bone bed, ranging in thickness from a few inches to 1½ feet, is in a former stream channel at the base of valley fill. At the top of the bone bed the bones are more or less broken while at lower levels and at the bottom the bones are usually complete and often in articulation. Whole skeletons are preserved but are difficult or impossible to separate from associated skeletons. Excavation of 62 running feet (about 500 square feet) of the bone bed yielded parts of skeletons of 100 bison (estimated), together with 26 artifacts. The associated projectile points bear some resemblance to Folsom and Yuma types but are distinctive from both and have been described as Plainview points. The bison is notably larger than the largest individuals of the modern species and is referred to Bison taylori. The only other vertebrate fossil found in the bone bed is a wolf, but near-by localities in the same horizon have yielded Parelephas columbi and Equus sp. Fresh-water in vertebrates of several species are abundant in the bison bone bed and in the same horizon at other exposures in the vicinity. This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.