PBDB Collection

Slaton Quarry (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as Evans and Meade Locality 14; UCMP V-5325

Where: Lubbock County, Texas (33.7° N, 101.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 101.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: W. W. Dalquest. 1967. Mammals of the Pleistocene Slaton Local Fauna of Texas. Southwestern Naturalist 12(1):1-30 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20530: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Jason Head and Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• lacustrine deposit channelled into Bridwell Fm.
Sangamonian according to Hibbard 1970c but "late Yarmouthian to earliest Illinoian" according to Kurten and Anderson 1980
overlies UCMP V-4143 Smart Ranch (Hemphillian)

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Amphibia
Caudata - Urodela	Ambystoma tigrinum⁵ Ambystoma tigrinum⁵ Green 1825 tiger salamander
Salientia - Hylidae	Acris crepitans⁵, Pseudacris clarki⁵ Acris crepitans⁵ Baird 1854 northern cricket frog Pseudacris clarki⁵ Baird 1854 spotted chorus frog
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo (cf. Bufo) cognatus⁵, Bufo (cf. Bufo) woodhousei⁵ Bufo (cf. Bufo) cognatus⁵ toad Bufo (cf. Bufo) woodhousei⁵ Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana pipiens⁵ Rana pipiens⁵ Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Lasiurus sp. Lasiurus sp. Gray 1831 hairy-tailed bat a bat
Cingulata - Dasypodidae	Dasypus bellus² Dasypus bellus² Simpson 1929 beautiful armadillo
Cingulata - Pampatheriidae	Holmesina septentrionalis² Holmesina septentrionalis² Leidy 1889 edentate
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	"Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi² "Mammuthus imperator" = Mammuthus columbi² Falconer 1857 imperial mammoth
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Sorex sp.² Sorex sp.² Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew
Carnivora - Felidae	"Homotherium serum" = Homotherium latidens² "Homotherium serum" = Homotherium latidens² Owen 1846 scimitar toothed cat "Dinobastis ?"; "H. sp." of Hibbard 1970c
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Taxidea taxus Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis latrans, Canis armbrusteri² Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote Canis armbrusteri² Gidley 1913 canine
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp.², Equus conversidens, Equus calobatus, "Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus⁶ Equus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse Equus calobatus Troxell 1915 horse "Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus⁶ Hibbard 1955 horse "may belong to" scotti
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus virginianus Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann 1780 white-tailed deer
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Tetrameryx shuleri, Capromeryx furcifer¹ Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921 pronghorn Capromeryx furcifer¹ Matthew 1902 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae	Platygonus vetus² Platygonus vetus² Leidy 1882 peccary
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Hemiauchenia macrocephala¹, Camelops minidokae² Hemiauchenia macrocephala¹ Cope 1893 camel Camelops minidokae² Hay 1927 camel
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus sp., Lepus sp.² Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit Lepus sp.² Linnaeus 1758 hare
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Onychomys pedroensis², Neotoma albigula, Peromyscus cf. progressus, Neofiber leonardi, Reithrodontomys fulvescens² Onychomys pedroensis² Gidley 1922 grasshopper mouse Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat Peromyscus cf. progressus Hibbard 1960 deer mouse Neofiber leonardi Hibbard 1943 rodent Reithrodontomys fulvescens² Allen 1894 fulvous harvest mouse
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Geomys bursarius Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Perognathus sp.², Dipodomys sp.², Chaetodipus hispidus¹ Perognathus sp.² Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse not Chaetodipus Dipodomys sp.² Gray 1841 kangaroo rat Chaetodipus hispidus¹ Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Cynomys spenceri⁴, Spermophilus cf. spilosoma Cynomys spenceri⁴ Goodwin 1995 prairie dog Spermophilus cf. spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel
Reptilia
Squamata - Iguanidae	Holbrookia sp.⁵, Sceloporus undulatus⁵, Crotaphytus collaris⁵, Phrynosoma cornutum⁵ Holbrookia sp.⁵ Girard 1851 lesser earless lizard Sceloporus undulatus⁵ Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard Crotaphytus collaris⁵ Say 1823 Collared lizard Phrynosoma cornutum⁵ horned lizard
Squamata - Colubridae	Nerodia erythrogaster³, Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) proximus⁵, Coluber sp.⁵, Lampropeltis getulus⁵, Rhinocheilus lecontei⁵ Nerodia erythrogaster³ Clark 1903 plain-bellied water snake Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) proximus⁵ garter snake Coluber sp.⁵ Linnaeus 1758 racer Lampropeltis getulus⁵ Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake Rhinocheilus lecontei⁵ colubrid snake
Squamata - Crotalidae	Crotalus atrox⁵ Crotalus atrox⁵ Baird and Girard 1853 rattlesnake
Squamata - Natricidae	Natrix erythrogaster⁵ Natrix erythrogaster⁵ water snake
Testudines - Emydidae	Terrapene carolina⁵ Terrapene carolina⁵ Linnaeus 1758 common box turtle
Crocodylia - Alligatoridae	Alligator mississipiensis⁵ Alligator mississipiensis⁵ alligator

¹Alroy 2002; ²Dalquest and Schultz 1992; ³Gibbons and Dorcas 2004; ⁴Goodwin 1995; ⁵Holman 1969; ⁶Schafer and Dalquest 1991