Fyllan Cave: Irvingtonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Holman and Winkler 1987 5 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus 1758)
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Kinosternon flavescens (Agassiz 1857)
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Holman and Winkler 1987 2 specimens
Reptilia - Scincidae
Eumeces obsoletus Baird and Girard 1852
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Eumeces fasciatus Linnaeus 1758
Holman and Winkler 1987 3 specimens
Reptilia - Colubridae
Tropidoclonion lineatum
Holman and Winkler 1987 2 specimens
Nerodia fasciata Linnaeus 1766
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Tantilla sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Holman and Winkler 1987 2 specimens
Storeria sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Holman and Winkler 1987 4 specimens
Colubrinae sp. Oppel 1811
Holman and Winkler 1987 6 specimens
"Coluber or Masticophis"
Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Holman and Winkler 1987 9 specimens
Elaphe guttata (Linnaeus 1766)
Holman and Winkler 1987 4 specimens
Reptilia - Elapidae
Micrurus fulvius
Holman and Winkler 1987 2 specimens
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853
Holman and Winkler 1987 2 specimens
Crotalus horridus Linnaeus 1758
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) olivaceus Smith 1934
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) undulatus (Bosc 1802)
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Crotaphytus (cf. Crotaphytus) reticulatus
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Atopomys texensis Patton 1965
Winkler and Grady 1990
lower and middle units; type, see Patton 1965 (1 measurement)
Microtus pliocaenicus (Kormos 1932)
Kurten and Anderson 1980
    = Allophaiomys pliocaenicus Kormos 1932
Alroy 2002
Ondatra hiatidens (Cope 1871)
Winkler and Grady 1990
    = Ondatra cf. idahoensis Wilson 1933
Alroy 2002
"tentative" assignment
Pedomys llanensis (Hibbard 1944)
Zakrzewski 1975
original and current combination Microtus llanensis
Sigmodon cf. curtisi Gidley 1922
Winkler and Grady 1990
"tentative" this species (1 measurement)
Synaptomys sp. Baird 1858
Repenning 1992
not clear from text whether this includes A. pliocaenicus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. hibbardi White 1984
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Notophthalmus sp. Rafinesque 1820
Holman and Winkler 1987 1 specimen
Ambystoma tigrinum (Green 1825)
Holman and Winkler 1987 8 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768
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]