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