Gypsum Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Clark County, Nevada (36.2° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.2° N, 114.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CIT

Primary reference: B. H. Brattstrom. 1954. Amphibians and reptiles from Gypsum Cave, Nevada. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 53(1):8-12 [J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 99602: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 16.11.2010, edited by Jason Head

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Gopherus agassizi" = Gopherus agassizii
"Gopherus agassizi" = Gopherus agassizii Cooper 1863 Mojave desert tortoise
 Squamata - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus tigris whiptail lizard
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Crotaphytus collaris Say 1823 Collared lizard
Sauromalus obesus Baird 1858 chuckwalla
Phrynosoma platyrhinos Girard 1852 Desert horned lizard
 Squamata - Colubridae
Pituophis catenifer gopher snake
Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus mitchelli rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853 rattlesnake
Crotalus viridis Rafinesque 1818 prairie rattlesnake
 Squamata -
Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869 Gila monster