Bull Draw (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Randall County, Texas (35.0° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 35.0° N, 101.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: 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 20163: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• immediately underlies Lava Creek B volcanic ash (see Rock Creek)
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Mammalia
  - Mylodontidae
? Mylodontidae indet.
? Mylodontidae indet. Ameghino 1889 edentate
 Proboscidea - Elephantidae
"Mammuthus cf. imperator" = Mammuthus columbi
"Mammuthus cf. imperator" = Mammuthus columbi Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus cf. conversidens
Equus cf. conversidens Owen 1869 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelops sp.
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Platygonus vetus
Platygonus vetus Leidy 1882 peccary
 Carnivora - Canidae
Canidae indet.
Canidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 canid
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex cudahyensis, Sorex (Neosorex) megapalustris, Sorex lacustris, Sorex cinereus
Sorex cudahyensis Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex (Neosorex) megapalustris Paulson 1961 long-tailed shrew
Sorex lacustris Hibbard 1944 long-tailed shrew
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys cf. talpoides, Geomys tobinensis
Thomomys cf. talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher
Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944 pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Chaetodipus cf. hispidus, Dipodomys sp.
Chaetodipus cf. hispidus Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis, "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis, Microtus paroperarius, Ondatra annectens, Mictomys meltoni, Peromyscus cragini, Reithrodontomys moorei, Neotoma sp.
"Pedomys llanensis" = Microtus llanensis Hibbard 1944 vole
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
Ondatra annectens Brown 1908 muskrat
Mictomys meltoni Paulson 1961 bog lemming
Peromyscus cragini Hibbard 1944 deer mouse
Reithrodontomys moorei Hibbard 1944 harvest mouse
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus cf. elegans" = Urocitellus elegans, Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus, Cynomys cf. ludovicianus
"Spermophilus cf. elegans" = Urocitellus elegans Kennicott 1863 Wyoming ground squirrel
Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
Cynomys cf. ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog