Slaton Quarry (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Evans and Meade Locality 14; UCMP V-5325

Where: Lubbock County, Texas (33.7° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 101.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest. 1967.  Mammals of the Pleistocene Slaton Local Fauna of Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 12(1):1-30 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20530: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jason Head and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• lacustrine deposit channelled into Bridwell Fm.
Sangamonian according to Hibbard 1970c but "late Yarmouthian to earliest Illinoian" according to Kurten and Anderson 1980
overlies UCMP V-4143 Smart Ranch (Hemphillian)
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo (cf. Bufo) woodhousei5 Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana pipiens5 Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
 Salientia - Hylidae
Acris crepitans5 Baird 1854 northern cricket frog
Pseudacris clarki5 Baird 1854 spotted chorus frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Ambystoma tigrinum5 Green 1825 tiger salamander
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys spenceri4 Goodwin 1995 prairie dog
Spermophilus cf. spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys sp.2 Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
Perognathus sp.2 Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse
not Chaetodipus
Chaetodipus hispidus1 Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 mouse
Reithrodontomys fulvescens2 Allen 1894 fulvous harvest mouse
Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960 deer mouse
Onychomys pedroensis2 Gidley 1922 grasshopper mouse
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 hare
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Sorex sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Lasiurus sp. Gray 1831 hairy-tailed bat
a bat
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 horse
Equus calobatus Troxell 1915 horse
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus6 Hibbard 1955 horse
"may belong to" scotti
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus vetus2 Leidy 1882 peccary
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops minidokae2 Hay 1927 camel
Hemiauchenia macrocephala1 Cope 1893 camel
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921 pronghorn
Capromeryx furcifer1 Matthew 1902 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Homotherium serum" = Homotherium latidens2
"Homotherium serum" = Homotherium latidens2 Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat
"Dinobastis ?"; "H. sp." of Hibbard 1970c
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Canis armbrusteri2 Gidley 1913 canine
 Cingulata - Pampatheriidae
Holmesina septentrionalis2 Leidy 1889 edentate
 Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus2 Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi2
"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi2 Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina5 Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus atrox5 Baird and Girard 1853 rattlesnake
 Squamata - Colubridae
Lampropeltis getulus5 Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
Coluber sp.5 Linnaeus 1758 racer
Rhinocheilus lecontei5 colubrid snake
Nerodia erythrogaster3 Clark 1903 plain-bellied water snake
Natrix erythrogaster5 water snake
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Crotaphytus collaris5 Say 1823 Collared lizard
Holbrookia sp.5 Girard 1851 lesser earless lizard
Phrynosoma cornutum5 horned lizard
Sceloporus undulatus5 Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
 Crocodylia - Alligatoridae