Deadman's Creek (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Swisher County, Texas (34.5° N, 101.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 101.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Tule Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest and G. E. Schultz. 1992. Ice Age mammals of northwestern Texas 1-309 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20306: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• 4 m below Lava Creek B volcanic ash (see Rock Creek)
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Mammalia | |
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
Sorex sp., Sorex cudahyensis, Sorex (Microsorex) pratensis, Sorex lacustris, Sorex cinereus, Sorex (Neosorex) megapalustris, Blarina cf. brevicauda
Sorex cudahyensis Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex (Microsorex) pratensis Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex lacustris Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
Sorex (Neosorex) megapalustris Paulson 1961 long-tailed shrew
Blarina cf. brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew | |
Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog
Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel | |
Thomomys cf. talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher
Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher | |
Peromyscus cragini, Mictomys meltoni, Ondatra annectens, Microtus paroperarius, "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis, Reithrodontomys moorei
Peromyscus cragini Hibbard 1944 deer mouse
Mictomys meltoni Paulson 1961 bog lemming
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Reithrodontomys moorei Hibbard 1944 harvest mouse |