Monument (Good Creek) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Foard County, Texas (34.0° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.0° N, 99.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Good Creek Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest. 1962. The Good Creek Formation, Pleistocene of Texas, and Its Fauna. Journal of Paleontology 36(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20420: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• sometimes included in Easley Ranch
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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi
Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus spilosoma
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtinae indet., Microtus pennsylvanicus, Reithrodontomys montanus
Microtinae indet. mouse
"Microtus ochrogaster or Microtus pinetorum"
Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Reithrodontomys montanus Baird 1855 plains harvest mouse
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp.
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse