PBDB Collection

Doby Springs (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Harper County, Oklahoma (36.7° N, 99.9° W: paleocoordinates 36.7° N, 99.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

• said to be Illinoian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. J. Stephens. 1960. Stratigraphy and Paleontology of a late Pleistocene basin, Harper County, Oklahoma. Geological Society America Bulletin 71 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 20309: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 07.06.1994, edited by Jason Head

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Taxonomic list

• "from three layers, within 10 feet of stratigraphic section. Five localities, all in the N1/4SW1/4 sec. 10, T. 27 N., &R. 24 W."

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Reptilia
Squamata - Anguidae	Ophisaurus attenuatus⁵ Ophisaurus attenuatus⁵ Cope 1880 Slender glass lizard
Squamata - Colubridae	Coluber constrictor³, Pituophis catenifer³, Nerodia sp.², Thamnophis sp.³ Coluber constrictor³ Linnaeus 1758 black racer Pituophis catenifer³ gopher snake Nerodia sp.² Baird and Girard 1853 water snake Thamnophis sp.³ Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
Mammalia
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus sp. Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth
Placentalia -	Carnivora indet. Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran two forms, large and small
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp., Equus niobrarensis Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse Equus niobrarensis Hay 1913 horse
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelops sp. Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Antilocapridae indet. Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison cf. latifrons Bison cf. latifrons Harlan 1825 bison
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Sorex cinereus, Sorex arcticus, Sorex palustris, Blarina brevicauda Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew Sorex arcticus Kerr 1792 arctic shrew Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew Blarina brevicauda Say 1823 northern short-tailed shrew confirmed by Jones et al. 1984
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus sp. Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Spermophilus tridecemlineatus¹, "Spermophilus cf. richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii¹ Spermophilus tridecemlineatus¹ Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel "Spermophilus cf. richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii¹ Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys sp., Geomys bursarius Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 plains pocket gopher
Rodentia - Castoridae	Castoroides cf. ohioensis⁶ Castoroides cf. ohioensis⁶ Foster 1838 giant beaver large castorid
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Peromyscus cf. cochrani, Onychomys cf. leucogaster, Ondatra cf. zibethicus⁷, Microtus pennsylvanicus, Podomys oklahomensis¹ Peromyscus cf. cochrani Hibbard 1955 deer mouse Onychomys cf. leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse Ondatra cf. zibethicus⁷ Linnaeus 1766 muskrat Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Podomys oklahomensis¹ Stephens 1960 rodent
Rodentia - Zapodidae	Zapus sp. Zapus sp. Coues 1876 jumping mouse
Amphibia
Salientia - Hylidae	Pseudacris triseriata⁴ Pseudacris triseriata⁴ Wied 1838 western chorus frog "Pseudacris triseriata cf. triseriata"

¹Alroy 2002; ²Alroy 2009; ³Brattstrom 1967; ⁴Chantell 1966; ⁵Etheridge 1961; ⁶Jones et al. 1984; ⁷McMullen 1978