Deadman's Creek: Irvingtonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus (Mitchell 1821)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys tobinensis (Hibbard 1944)
Thomomys cf. talpoides (Richardson 1828)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Reithrodontomys moorei (Hibbard 1944)
Peromyscus cragini Hibbard 1944
Mictomys meltoni (Paulson 1961)
Microtus meadensis (Hibbard 1944)
    = Terricola meadensis Hibbard 1944
Alroy 2002
recombined as Microtus meadensis
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944
Ondatra annectens (Brown 1908)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Blarina cf. brevicauda (Say 1823)
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
two forms
Sorex cudahyensis Hibbard 1944
Sorex (Neosorex) megapalustris Paulson 1961
Sorex lacustris (Hibbard 1944)
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
Sorex (Microsorex) pratensis (Hibbard 1944)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus conversidens Owen 1869
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Swisher
Coordinates: 34.5° North, 101.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 101.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Irvingtonian
Age range of interval:1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tule
Local section:RockC Local bed:3
Local order:bottom to top
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:4 m below Lava Creek B volcanic ash (see Rock Creek)
Metadata
Database number:20306
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2002-05-15 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-15 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6202. W. W. Dalquest and G. E. Schultz. 1992. Ice Age mammals of northwestern Texas 1-309 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]