SMU Scholar (Southern Methodist University) · 1963 · 21 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesArchaeologyPaleontologyPaleoanthropologyPaleoecologyPrehistoric ArchaeologyArchaeological Evidence For Human EvolutionEnvironmental ReconstructionFaunal Remains AnalysisHistorical ZoogeographyMammalian PaleontologyPleistocene GeologyBiogeography Of Fossil MammalsMammalian Faunal AssemblagesMammalian Fossil RecordMammalian PaleoenvironmentsPleistocene BiogeographyPleistocene MammalsSubfossil Mammals
An extensive alluvial deposit in northeastern Texas is here described and named the Sulphur River Formation. Twenty-one mammals from these deposits are identified and grouped under the name Ben Franklin local fauna. Fossils and radiocarbon dates indicate that the age of the fauna is Late Wisconsin.