Easley Ranch: Irvingtonian, Texas

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1962 217 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854
Holman 1962 5 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Acris (cf. Acris) crepitans Baird 1854
Holman 1962 17 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Ambystoma sp. (Tschudi 1838)
Holman 1962 6 specimens
original and current combination Amblystoma
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Holman 1962 1 specimen
"Coluber or Masticophis"
Opheodrys aestivus
Holman 1962 1 specimen
Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sauritus
Holman 1962 3 specimens
Thamnophis indet. Fitzinger 1843
Holman 1962 21 specimens
Thamnophis sirtalis Linnaeus
Holman 1962 16 specimens
Storeria (cf. Storeria) dekayi
Holman 1962 9 specimens
Heterodon indet. Latreille 1801
Holman 1962 2 specimens
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Holbrookia sp. Girard 1851
Holman 1962 3 specimens
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Holman 1962
Gopherus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Holman 1962
Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae
Dasypus bellus (Simpson 1929)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Elephas columbi Falconer 1857
    = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis mephitis (Schreber 1776)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus cf. virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
cf. Stockoceros sp. Skinner 1942
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison cf. latifrons (Harlan 1825)
"tentatively" this species
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Blarina cf. brevicauda (Say 1823)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus cf. californicus Gray 1837
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synaptomys cf. australis Simpson 1928
Peromyscus oklahomensis Stephens 1960
    = Podomys oklahomensis Stephens 1960
Alroy 2002
Oryzomys fossilis Hibbard 1955
    = Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Alroy 2002
Onychomys leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied 1841)
Microtinae indet.
"Microtus ochrogaster or Microtus pinetorum"
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Neotoma cf. micropus Baird 1855
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
Reithrodontomys megalotis (Baird 1858)
Reithrodontomys montanus (Baird 1855)
Reithrodontomys fulvescens Allen 1894
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Geomys bursarius (Shaw 1800)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus hispidus Baird 1858
    = Chaetodipus hispidus Baird 1858
Alroy 2002
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:this term is sometimes used to include Monument and Smith Ranch (see)
could be Wisconsinan based on Goodwin 1995a
Metadata
Database number:20318
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Head
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]
45804 J. A. Holman. 1962. A Texas Pleistocene herpetofauna. Copeia 1962(2):255-261 [J. Head/J. Head]