PBDB Collection

Schulze Cave Layer C3 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Edwards County, Texas (30.3° N, 99.9° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 99.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• previous reports of Dalquest et al. (1969) and Holman (1969) pertained to the overlying layers C1 (Holocene) and C2 (late Rancholabrean)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lithology not reported

• cave is "of the sinkhole type with one entrance"

• none given

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: bone collector

Collected by Walter W. Dalquest in 1965, 1966

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• MSUVP collection "of matrix" (as opposed to fossils) and therefore presumably screenwashed

Primary reference: D. Parmley. 1986. Herpetofauna of the Rancholabrean Schulze Cave local fauna of Texas. Journal of Herpetology 20(1):1-10 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76101: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.11.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• undescribed mammals are almost certainly present in this layer

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Reptilia
Testudines - Emydidae	Terrapene ornata Terrapene ornata Agassiz 1857 Western box turtle
Testudines - Testudinidae	Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) cf. wilsoni Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) cf. wilsoni Milstead 1956 turtle
Squamata - Crotalidae	Crotalus sp., Agkistrodon sp. Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake Agkistrodon sp. Huxley 1865 cottonmouth
Squamata - Colubridae	Colubridae indet., Thamnophis sp., Heterodon cf. platyrhinos, Heterodon cf. nasicus, Arizona elegans, Lampropeltis getulus, Lampropeltis triangulum, Pituophis melanoleucus, Elaphe obsoleta, Elaphe cf. guttata, Opheodrys cf. aestivus Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake "Coluber or Masticophis" Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843 garter snake "probably at least two species are represented" Heterodon cf. platyrhinos Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake Heterodon cf. nasicus Baird and Girard 1852 western hognose snake Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859 glossy snake Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788 milk snake Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 pine snake Elaphe obsoleta Say 1823 black rat snake Elaphe cf. guttata Linnaeus 1766 corn snake Opheodrys cf. aestivus colubrid snake
Squamata - Scincidae	Eumeces cf. obsoletus Eumeces cf. obsoletus Baird and Girard 1852 Great plains skink
Squamata - Iguanidae	Sceloporus undulatus, Crotaphytus collaris Sceloporus undulatus Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard Crotaphytus collaris Say 1823 Collared lizard
Amphibia
Caudata - Urodela	Ambystoma tigrinum Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander
Salientia - Eleutherodactylidae	Eleutherodactylus augusti Eleutherodactylus augusti frog "Eleutherodactylus augusti latrans"
Salientia - Leptodactylidae	Syrrhophus marnocki Syrrhophus marnocki Cope 1878 cliff chirping frog
Salientia - Bufonidae	Bufo woodhousei Bufo woodhousei Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad "Bufo woodhousei woodhousei"