Burnet Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene, New Mexico
collected by C. B. Schultz, E. B. Howard, B. Brown 1930-1933, 1937, 1938

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Accipiter cooperi (Bonaparte 1828)
recombined as Accipiter cooperii
Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte 1838
Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Coragyps atratus (Bechstein 1793)
Gymnogyps californianus (Shaw 1797)
Cathartes aura (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae
Aechmophorus occidentalis (Lawrence 1858)
Reptilia - Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes sp. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Bubo virginianus (Gmelin 1788)
Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan 1763)
Reptilia - Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus canadensis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Antigone canadensis
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Icteridae
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus (Bonaparte 1826)
Reptilia - Falconidae
Falco sparverius Linnaeus 1758
Falco mexicanus Schlegel 1850
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (Ridgway 1873)
Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Odontophoridae
Oreortyx picta (Douglas 1829)
recombined as Oreortyx pictus
Reptilia - Serpentes
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758
"snake" vertebrae
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
"turtle" carapace
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus tau Owen 1869
synonym of Plesippus simplicidens
Equus excelsus Leidy 1858
Mammalia - Cervidae
? Sangamona sp. Hay 1920
nomen vanum belonging to Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque 1817)
Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann 1780)
? Rangifer fricki n. sp. Schultz and Howard 1935
recombined as Navahoceros fricki
(10 measurements)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison antiquus Leidy 1852
"B. antiquus taylori"
Ovis auduboni (Merriam 1901)
original and current combination Ovis canadensis auduboni
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904
"E. collinum morrisi, new variety"
Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong 1905
synonym of Euceratherium collinum
"P. sinclairi neomexicana, new variety"
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra americana (Ord 1815)
Tetrameryx onusrosagris Roosevelt and Burden 1934
recombined as Stockoceros onusrosagris
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
recombined as Puma concolor
"F. concolor hippolestes"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes velox (Say 1823)
Vulpes macroura Baird 1852
recombined as Vulpes vulpes macroura
Canis nubilus Say 1823
synonym of Canis lupus
Canis latrans Say 1823
"C. latrans lestes"
Canis microdon Merriam 1897
synonym of Canis latrans
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Arctodus sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein 1830)
"B. astutus flavus"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela nigripes (Audubon and Bachman 1851)
original and current combination Putorius nigripes
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1778)
"T. taxus taxus"
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Conepatus mesoleucus (Lichtenstein 1832)
synonym of Conepatus leuconotus
"C. mesoleucus mearnsi"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma cinerea (Ord 1815)
"N. cinerea orolestes"
Neotoma lepida Thomas 1893
Neotoma mexicana Baird 1855
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Microtus mexicanus (Saussure 1861)
"M. mexicanus guadulupensis"
Microtus mordax (Merriam 1891)
synonym of Microtus longicaudus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys fulvus (Woodhouse 1852)
recombined as Thomomys bottae fulvus
"T. fulvus pervagus" and "T. fulvus intermedius"
Cratogeomys castanops (Baird 1852)
? Pappogeomys sp. Merriam 1895
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perodipus montanus (Barid 1855)
recombined as Dipodomys ordii montanus
"P. montanus richarsoni"
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota flaviventris (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
Cynomys ludovicianus (Ord 1815)
Otospermophilus grammurus (Helgen et al. 2009)
recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus grammurus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus floridanus (Allen 1890)
Sylvilagus auduboni (Baird 1858)
recombined as Sylvilagus audubonii
Lepus alleni Mearns 1890
Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Mexico County:Eddy
Coordinates: 32.3° North, 104.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.4° North, 104.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:4600 feet
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "the depth of dirt and debris" ranges from between "two or three feet" and "approximately nine feet" deep; "the surface of the cave showed disturbance" by "local collectors" who "had discovered several burials... in the upper two or three feet... Below the burial level many hearths or lens-shaped deposits of charcoal and ashes were found at various levels down to a depth of eight feet six inches. Also in these lower levels were found the bones... in a number of cases, associated directly with the hearths"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:rubbly siltstone
Lithology description: a "long continued accumulation of wind-blown dust together with rock fragments, which had fallen from the roof and walls"
Environment:cave
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:frequent
Feeding/predation traces:fractures
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:UNSM
Collectors:C. B. Schultz, E. B. Howard, B. Brown Collection dates:1930-1933, 1937, 1938
Collection method comments: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia collection (through 1935) and UNSM collection (1937, 1938, and possibly other years)
Brown was a visitor for one week in 1931 only
Metadata
Database number:93281
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-12 21:01:20 Last modified:2010-01-28 17:36:28
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-12 21:01:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31547. C. B. Schultz and E. B. Howard. 1935. The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87:273-298 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]