PBDB Collection

Fowlkes Cave (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Culberson County, Texas (31.2° N, 104.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• material from the middle of three layers (Layer 2); 1 and 3 are barren of fossils

•Layer 2 is "approximately 20 cm thick"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; yellow limestone

• "yellow... irregular limestone fragments and pebbles, bits of stalactite fragments, cave pearls, and crystals of water-clear calciite... between 5-15 mm in diameter"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

• sediments "in excess of 1,000 pounds" were screenwashed

Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest and F. B. Stangl, Jr. 1984. Late Pleistocene and early Recent mammals from Fowlkes Cave, southern Culberson County, Texas. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:432-455 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74473: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

• it is not entirely clear that the snails are from the Pleistocene layer instead of the Holocene silts

•abundances are given only for the Pleistocene occurrences

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unclassified
-	Glyphalini identata paucilirata, Hawiia minuscula Glyphalini identata paucilirata Hawiia minuscula
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae	Gastrocopta pellicuda hordeacella Gastrocopta pellicuda hordeacella slug
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Myotis velifer, Myotis lucifugus, Eptesicus fuscus Myotis velifer Allen 1890 cave myotis Myotis lucifugus Le Conte 1831 vesper bat Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 big brown bat
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus audubonii, Sylvilagus floridanus, Lepus californicus Sylvilagus audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail Lepus californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit "several fragments"
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys bottae, "Pappogeomys castanops" = Cratogeomys castanops Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher "Pappogeomys castanops" = Cratogeomys castanops Baird 1852 yellow-faced pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Perognathus sp., Perognathus flavus, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys spectabilis, Dipodomys ordii, "Perognathus hispidus" = Chaetodipus hispidus Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse Perognathus flavus Baird 1855 pocket mouse plus "many maxillaries" Dipodomys merriami Mearns 1890 Merriam's kangaroo rat Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890 bannertail kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii Woodhouse 1853 Ord's kangaroo rat "Perognathus hispidus" = Chaetodipus hispidus Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse plus "many maxillaries"
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Peromyscus boylii, Peromyscus pectoralis, Peromyscus difficilis, Peromyscus maniculatus, Peromyscus leucopus, Peromyscus eremicus, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Reithrodontomys montanus, Onychomys torridus, Onychomys leucogaster, Microtus mexicanus, Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma mexicana, Neotoma albigula, Neotoma micropus Peromyscus boylii Baird 1855 brush mouse Peromyscus pectoralis Osgood 1904 white-ankled mouse Peromyscus difficilis Allen 1891 deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse Peromyscus eremicus Baird 1858 deer mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse Reithrodontomys fulvescens Allen 1894 fulvous harvest mouse Reithrodontomys montanus Baird 1855 plains harvest mouse Onychomys torridus Coues 1874 grasshopper mouse Onychomys leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse Microtus mexicanus Saussure 1861 Mexican vole Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat Neotoma mexicana Baird 1855 Mexican woodrat Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat Neotoma micropus Baird 1855 southern plains woodrat
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Eutamias cinereicollis" = Neotamias cinereicollis, Cynomys ludovicianus, "Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus, Spermophilus spilosoma, Marmota flaviventris "Eutamias cinereicollis" = Neotamias cinereicollis Allen 1890 chipmunk originally entered as "Eutamias cinericollis" Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog "Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel "isolated teeth" Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel Marmota flaviventris Audubon and Bachman 1841 yellow-bellied marmot
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Sorex palustris, Sorex vagrans, Notiosorex crawfordi Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew Sorex vagrans Baird 1858 long-tailed shrew Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
Carnivora - Felidae	"Felis rufa" = Lynx rufus "Felis rufa" = Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat "Felis rufus"
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Mylohyus sp. Mylohyus sp. Cope 1869 peccary
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Capromeryx cf. furcifer Capromeryx cf. furcifer Matthew 1902 pronghorn
Gastropoda
Stylommatophora - Helicodiscidae	Helicodiscus singleyanus Helicodiscus singleyanus slug
Stylommatophora - Pupillidae	Pupoides albilabris Pupoides albilabris slug
Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae	Gastrocopta pentodon, Gastrocopta armifera Gastrocopta pentodon slug Gastrocopta armifera Say 1821 slug
Stylommatophora - Succineidae	Succinea sp. Succinea sp. Draparnaud 1801 amber snail