Holloman Gravel Pit: Irvingtonian, Oklahoma

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium arizonae Gidley 1926
synonym of Glyptotherium texanum
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Glossotherium harlani (Owen 1840)
    = Paramylodon harlani Owen 1840
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Megalonychidae
? Megalonyx jeffersonii (Desmarest 1822)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus haroldcooki (Hay 1928)
    = Mammuthus hayi Barbour 1915
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Stegomastodon priestleyi (Hay and Cook 1930)
    = Cuvieronius priestleyi Hay and Cook 1930
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Felinae indet. Trouessart 1885
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus tau Owen 1869
    = Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Alroy 2002
Equus calobatus (Troxell 1915)
synonym of Equus francisci
I presume this include type of "E. achates" based on discussion of Hulbert 1995b
Equus giganteus Gidley 1901
Equus scotti Gidley 1900
synonym of Equus (Hesperohippus) mexicanus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapirus copei Simpson 1945
    = Tapirus haysii Leidy 1860
Alroy 2002
recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) haysii
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Titanotylopus spatulus (Cope 1893)
    = Gigantocamelus spatulus Cope 1893
Alroy 2002
Hemiauchenia macrocephala (Cope 1893)
Mammalia - Tayassuidae
Platygonus cf. cumberlandensis Gidley 1920
    = Platygonus cf. vetus Leidy 1882
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Oklahoma County:Tillman
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 98.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 98.7° 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
Primary lithology: gravel
Environment:fluvial indet.
Geology comments: terrace deposit
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:salvage,selective quarrying
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:TMM
Metadata
Also known as:Frederick
Database number:20382
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-02-18 00:00:00 Last modified:2011-07-20 00:29:24
Access level:the public Released:1993-02-18 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

1310. W. W. Dalquest. 1977. Mammals of the Holloman Local Fauna, Pleistocene of Oklahoma. Southwestern Naturalist 22(2):255-268 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

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