Easley Ranch: Irvingtonian, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Ambystoma sp.
(Tschudi 1838)
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Holman 1962 | 6 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Amblystoma | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman 1962 | 217 specimens | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo woodhousei
Girard 1854
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Holman 1962 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Hylidae
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Acris (cf. Acris) crepitans
Baird 1854
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Holman 1962 | 17 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Heterodon indet.
Latreille 1801
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Holman 1962 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Holman 1962 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| "Coluber or Masticophis" | ||||||||||
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Opheodrys aestivus
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Holman 1962 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Storeria (cf. Storeria) dekayi
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Holman 1962 | 9 specimens | ||||||||
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Thamnophis (cf. Thamnophis) sauritus
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Holman 1962 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Thamnophis indet.
Fitzinger 1843
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Holman 1962 | 21 specimens | ||||||||
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Thamnophis sirtalis
Linnaeus
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Holman 1962 | 16 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Holbrookia sp.
Girard 1851
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Holman 1962 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Holman 1962 | |||||||||
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Gopherus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Holman 1962 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Elephas columbi
Falconer 1857
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= Mammuthus columbi
Falconer 1857
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomys ludovicianus
(Ord 1815)
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Spermophilus spilosoma
Bennett 1833
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Synaptomys cf. australis
Simpson 1928
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Microtinae indet.
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| "Microtus ochrogaster or Microtus pinetorum" | ||||||||||
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Neotoma cf. micropus
Baird 1855
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Peromyscus leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Peromyscus oklahomensis
Stephens 1960
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= Podomys oklahomensis
Stephens 1960
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Microtus pennsylvanicus
(Ord 1815)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Reithrodontomys megalotis
(Baird 1858)
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Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Allen 1894
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Reithrodontomys montanus
(Baird 1855)
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Oryzomys fossilis
Hibbard 1955
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= Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Onychomys leucogaster
(Wied-Neuwied 1841)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Geomys bursarius
(Shaw 1800)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus hispidus
Baird 1858
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= Chaetodipus hispidus
Baird 1858
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Alroy 2002 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Lepus cf. californicus
Gray 1837
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Blarina cf. brevicauda
(Say 1823)
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Mephitis mephitis
(Schreber 1776)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canidae indet.
Fischer de Waldheim 1817
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison cf. latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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| "tentatively" this species | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus cf. virginianus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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cf. Stockoceros sp.
Skinner 1942
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Cingulata
- Dasypodidae
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Dasypus bellus
(Simpson 1929)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Foard |
| Coordinates: | 34.0° North, 99.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 99.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Good Creek |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Taxonomic list comments:this term is sometimes used to include Monument and Smith Ranch (see) could be Wisconsinan based on Goodwin 1995a |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20318 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Enterer: | J. Alroy, J. Head | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 1302. | W. W. Dalquest. 1962. The Good Creek Formation, Pleistocene of Texas, and Its Fauna. Journal of Paleontology 36(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
| 6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] | |
| 45804 | J. A. Holman. 1962. A Texas Pleistocene herpetofauna. Copeia 1962(2):255-261 [J. Head/J. Head] |