Fyllan Cave: Irvingtonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Terrapene carolina
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Kinosternoidea
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Kinosternon flavescens
(Agassiz 1857)
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Eumeces obsoletus
Baird and Girard 1852
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Eumeces fasciatus
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Tropidoclonion lineatum
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Nerodia fasciata
Linnaeus 1766
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Thamnophis sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Tantilla sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Storeria sp.
Baird and Girard 1853
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Colubrinae sp.
Oppel 1811
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
"Coluber or Masticophis" | ||||||||||
Lampropeltis triangulum
Lacépède 1788
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Lampropeltis getulus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
Elaphe guttata
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 4 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Micrurus fulvius
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Crotalus atrox
Baird and Girard 1853
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
Crotalus horridus
Linnaeus 1758
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) olivaceus
Smith 1934
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) undulatus
(Bosc 1802)
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Crotaphytus (cf. Crotaphytus) reticulatus
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Atopomys texensis
Patton 1965
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Winkler and Grady 1990 | |||||||||
lower and middle units; type, see Patton 1965 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Microtus pliocaenicus
(Kormos 1932)
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Kurten and Anderson 1980 | |||||||||
= Allophaiomys pliocaenicus
Kormos 1932
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
Ondatra hiatidens
(Cope 1871)
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Winkler and Grady 1990 | |||||||||
= Ondatra cf. idahoensis
Wilson 1933
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
"tentative" assignment | ||||||||||
Pedomys llanensis
(Hibbard 1944)
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Zakrzewski 1975 | |||||||||
original and current combination Microtus llanensis | ||||||||||
Sigmodon cf. curtisi
Gidley 1922
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Winkler and Grady 1990 | |||||||||
"tentative" this species (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Synaptomys sp.
Baird 1858
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Repenning 1992 | |||||||||
not clear from text whether this includes A. pliocaenicus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. hibbardi
White 1984
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Notophthalmus sp.
Rafinesque 1820
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
Ambystoma tigrinum
(Green 1825)
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Holman and Winkler 1987 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Travis |
Coordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.7° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.3° North, 97.5° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | *Local age/stage: | Kansan |
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: said to be Kansan |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Museum repositories: | TMM |
Taxonomic list comments:fissure filling in the Edwards Fm. |
Metadata
Also known as: | TMM 40682 | ||
Database number: | 20337 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1994-04-30 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
3634. | J. A. White. 1991. A new Sylvilagus (Mammalia: Lagomorpha) from the Blancan (Pliocene) and Irvingtonian (Pleistocene) of Florida. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11(2):243-246 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
45800 | J. A. Holman and A. J. Winkler. 1987. A mid-Pleistocene (Irvingtonian) herpetofauna from a cave in southcentral Texas. Price-Sellards Series, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas 44:1-17 [J. Head/J. Head] | |
6221 | B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America 1-442 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] | |
2873 | C. A. Repenning. 1992. Allophaiomys and the age of the Olyor Suite, Krestovka sections, Yakutia. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2037(4):1-95 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
3713 | A. J. Winkler and F. Grady. 1990. The Middle Pleistocene Rodent Atopomys (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae) from the Eastern and South-Central United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(4):484-490 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
3790 | R. J. Zakrzewski. 1975. The late Pleistocene arvicoline rodent Atopomys. Annals of Carnegie Museum 45(12):255-262 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |