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

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Taxonomic list

• 4 m below Lava Creek B volcanic ash (see Rock Creek)
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
two forms
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
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog
Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys cf. talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher
Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
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