Patterson Ranch: Irvingtonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felidae indet. Gray 1821
"cat"; could be Panthera
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus cf. elegans Kennicott 1863
recombined as Urocitellus elegans
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
    = Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra annectens (Brown 1908)
(1 measurement)
Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944
    = Pedomys llanensis Hibbard 1944
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Microtus llanensis
Onychomys pedroensis Gidley 1922
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Reithrodontomys moorei (Hibbard 1944)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Knox
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 99.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.8° North, 99.5° 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
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:immediately underlies Lava Creek B volcanic ash; stratigraphically below Vera L.F. (see also Rock Creek)
Metadata
Database number:20451
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 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]