Where: Edwards County, Texas (30.3° N, 99.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• previous reports of Dalquest et al. (1969) and Holman (1969) pertained to the overlying layers C1 (Holocene) and C2 (late Rancholabrean)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Collected by Walter W. Dalquest in 1965, 1966
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• MSUVP collection "of matrix" (as opposed to fossils) and therefore presumably screenwashed
Primary reference: D. Parmley. 1986. Herpetofauna of the Rancholabrean Schulze Cave local fauna of Texas. Journal of Herpetology 20(1):1-10 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76101: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.11.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Sceloporus undulatus Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
Crotaphytus collaris Say 1823 Collared lizard | |
Eumeces cf. obsoletus Baird and Girard 1852 Great plains skink | |
Agkistrodon sp. Huxley 1865 cottonmouth
Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake | |
Colubridae indet., Pituophis melanoleucus, Elaphe cf. guttata, Elaphe obsoleta, Opheodrys cf. aestivus, Lampropeltis getulus, Lampropeltis triangulum, Arizona elegans, Heterodon cf. nasicus, Heterodon cf. platyrhinos, Thamnophis sp.
Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 pine snake
Elaphe cf. guttata Linnaeus 1766 corn snake
Elaphe obsoleta Say 1823 black rat snake
Opheodrys cf. aestivus colubrid snake
Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
Lampropeltis triangulum Lacépède 1788 milk snake
Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859 glossy snake
Heterodon cf. nasicus Baird and Girard 1852 western hognose snake
Heterodon cf. platyrhinos Latreille 1801 eastern hognosed snake | |
Geochelone (Hesperotestudo) cf. wilsoni Milstead 1956 turtle | |
Terrapene ornata Agassiz 1857 Western box turtle | |
Amphibia | |
Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander | |
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Syrrhophus marnocki Cope 1878 cliff chirping frog |