Fowlkes Cave (Pleistocene): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Glyphalini identata
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subspecies paucilirata | ||||||||||
Hawiia minuscula
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Gastrocoptidae
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Gastrocopta pellicuda
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subspecies hordeacella | ||||||||||
Gastrocopta pentodon
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Gastrocopta armifera
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Pupillidae
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Pupoides albilabris
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicodiscidae
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Helicodiscus singleyanus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Succineidae
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Succinea sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Marmota flaviventris
(Audubon and Bachman 1841)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
Cynomys ludovicianus
(Ord 1815)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Eutamias cinereicollis
(Allen 1890)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Neotamias cinereicollis | ||||||||||
originally entered as "Eutamias cinericollis" | ||||||||||
Spermophilus variegatus
(Erxleben 1777)
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recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus | ||||||||||
"isolated teeth" | ||||||||||
Spermophilus spilosoma
Bennett 1833
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys bottae
(Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
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91 specimens | |||||||||
Pappogeomys castanops
(Baird 1852)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Cratogeomys castanops | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys merriami
Mearns 1890
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14 specimens | |||||||||
Dipodomys ordii
Woodhouse 1853
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107 specimens | |||||||||
Dipodomys spectabilis
Merriam 1890
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77 specimens | |||||||||
Perognathus sp.
Maximillian 1839
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Perognathus flavus
Baird 1855
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657 specimens | |||||||||
plus "many maxillaries" | ||||||||||
Perognathus hispidus
Baird 1858
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117 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Chaetodipus hispidus | ||||||||||
plus "many maxillaries" | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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234 specimens | |||||||||
Neotoma micropus
Baird 1855
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23 specimens | |||||||||
Neotoma mexicana
Baird 1855
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Neotoma albigula
Hartley 1894
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33 specimens | |||||||||
Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Allen 1894
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Reithrodontomys montanus
(Baird 1855)
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19 specimens | |||||||||
Reithrodontomys megalotis
(Baird 1858)
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84 specimens | |||||||||
Peromyscus eremicus
(Baird 1858)
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55 specimens | |||||||||
Peromyscus difficilis
(Allen 1891)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
Peromyscus leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
Peromyscus pectoralis
Osgood 1904
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Peromyscus maniculatus
(Wagner 1843)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
Peromyscus boylii
(Baird 1855)
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22 specimens | |||||||||
Onychomys torridus
(Coues 1874)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Onychomys leucogaster
(Wied-Neuwied 1841)
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183 specimens | |||||||||
Microtus mexicanus
(Saussure 1861)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus californicus
Gray 1837
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"several fragments" | ||||||||||
Sylvilagus audubonii
(Baird 1858)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Sylvilagus floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex palustris
Richardson 1828
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Sorex vagrans
Baird 1858
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Notiosorex crawfordi
(Coues 1877)
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130 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Myotis lucifugus
(Le Conte 1831)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Myotis velifer
(Allen 1890)
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30 specimens | |||||||||
Eptesicus fuscus
(Beauvois 1796)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Mylohyus sp.
Cope 1869
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Capromeryx cf. furcifer
Matthew 1902
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Felis rufa
Schreber 1777
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1 specimen | |||||||||
recombined as Lynx rufus | ||||||||||
"Felis rufus" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas | County: | Culberson |
Coordinates: | 31.2° North, 104.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 31.2° North, 104.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: material from the middle of three layers (Layer 2); 1 and 3 are barren of fossils Layer 2 is "approximately 20 cm thick" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | yellow "limestone" |
Lithology description: "yellow... irregular limestone fragments and pebbles, bits of stalactite fragments, cave pearls, and crystals of water-clear calciite... between 5-15 mm in diameter" | |
Environment: | sinkhole |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,bone collector |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,selective quarrying,sieve,field collection |
Rock censused: | 460 kg |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: sediments "in excess of 1,000 pounds" were screenwashed | |
Taxonomic list comments:it is not entirely clear that the snails are from the Pleistocene layer instead of the Holocene silts abundances are given only for the Pleistocene occurrences |
Metadata
Database number: | 74473 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-08-06 14:38:57 | Last modified: | 2007-08-06 18:04:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-06 14:38:57 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1326. | W. W. Dalquest and F. B. Stangl, Jr. 1984. Late Pleistocene and early Recent mammals from Fowlkes Cave, southern Culberson County, Texas. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication 8:432-455 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |