Smith Ranch (Good Creek): Irvingtonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
recombined as Mammuthus columbi
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. conversidens Owen 1869
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison latifrons (Harlan 1825)
see also McDonald 1981
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis atrox Leidy 1853
recombined as Panthera leo atrox
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtinae indet.
"Microtus ochrogaster or Microtus pinetorum"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Texas County:Foard
Coordinates: 34.0° North, 99.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.0° North, 99.6° 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:1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Good Creek
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:sometimes included in Easley Ranch
Metadata
Database number:20533
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1995-03-26 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:44
Access level:the public Released:1995-03-26 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
1302. W. W. Dalquest. 1962. The Good Creek Formation, Pleistocene of Texas, and Its Fauna. Journal of Paleontology 36(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]

Secondary references:

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