Fowlkes Cave (Holocene): Holocene, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Pipistrellus hesperus
(Allen 1864)
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Antrozous pallidus
(Le Conte 1856)
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Myotis velifer
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Tadarida brasiliensis
(Geoffroy 1824)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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Mormoops megalophyla
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus astutus
(Lichtenstein 1830)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Tayassuidae
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Dicotyles tajacu
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Pecari tajacu | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus hemionus
(Rafinesque 1817)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Notiosorex crawfordi
(Coues 1877)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Ammospermophilus interpres
(Merriam 1890)
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Spermophilus variegatus
(Erxleben 1777)
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recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Dipodomys ordii
Woodhouse 1853
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Dipodomys spectabilis
Merriam 1890
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Dipodomys merriami
Mearns 1890
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Perognathus flavus
Baird 1855
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Perognathus hispidus
Baird 1858
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recombined as Chaetodipus hispidus | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Pappogeomys castanops
(Baird 1852)
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recombined as Cratogeomys castanops | |||||||
Thomomys bottae
(Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Neotoma micropus
Baird 1855
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Neotoma albigula
Hartley 1894
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Onychomys torridus
(Coues 1874)
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Peromyscus leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Peromyscus eremicus
(Baird 1858)
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Peromyscus pectoralis
Osgood 1904
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Peromyscus maniculatus
(Wagner 1843)
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Reithrodontomys megalotis
(Baird 1858)
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Reithrodontomys montanus
(Baird 1855)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus californicus
Gray 1837
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Sylvilagus audubonii
(Baird 1858)
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Mammalia
- Primates
- Hominidae
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Homo sapiens
Linnaeus 1758
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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: | Holocene |
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: "less than 1 ft deep at the western extremity but more than 16 inches deep at the eastern end" |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | black siltstone |
Lithology description: "black surficial silt" | |
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: | 450 kg |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: "probably near 1,000 pounds" was screenwashed |
Metadata
Database number: | 74474 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-08-06 14:55:40 | Last modified: | 2007-08-06 17:55:40 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-06 14:55:40 |
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] |