Mayfield Ranch (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Evans and Meade Locality 6 (in part)
Where: Briscoe County, Texas (34.5° N, 101.3° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 101.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Tule Formation, Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest and G. E. Schultz. 1992. Ice Age mammals of northwestern Texas 1-309 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20413: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• immediately underlies Lava Creek B volcanic ash (see Rock Creek)
5 m above Rock Creek L.F. level
5 m above Rock Creek L.F. level
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Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew | |
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Cynomys cf. ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
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Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat | |
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Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher | |
Peromyscus cragini, Mictomys meltoni, Ondatra annectens, Microtus paroperarius, "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis, "Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis
Peromyscus cragini Hibbard 1944 deer mouse
Mictomys meltoni Paulson 1961 bog lemming
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944 vole
"Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944 vole | |