Also known as Isleta 1; Isleta 2
Where: Bernalillo County, New Mexico (34.9° N, 106.9° W: paleocoordinates 34.9° N, 106.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• faunal composition suggests "that deposition started only a short time before general extinction of Pleistocene mammals"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
• Museum of Southwestern Biology and Los Angeles County Museum collections
•"collections were made on several occasions by biology students and by the authors"
Primary reference: A. H. Harris and J. S. Findley. 1964. Pleistocene-Recent fauna of the Isleta Caves, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. American Journal of Science 262:114-120 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93141: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Myotis thysanodes Miller 1897 vesper bat
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Sylvilagus floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Reithrodontomys sp., "Lagurus cf. curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus, Arvicolinae indet., Neotoma cinerea, Neotoma albigula, Onychomys torridus, Onychomys leucogaster, Peromyscus sp.
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
"Lagurus cf. curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus Cope 1868 sagebrush vole
Arvicolinae indet. Gray 1821 vole
Neotoma cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Onychomys torridus Coues 1874 grasshopper mouse
Onychomys leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse | |
Dipodomys spectabilis, Dipodomys merriami, Dipodomys ordii, "Perognathus intermedius" = Chaetodipus intermedius, Perognathus flavus
Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890 bannertail kangaroo rat
Dipodomys merriami Mearns 1890 Merriam's kangaroo rat
"Perognathus intermedius" = Chaetodipus intermedius Merriam 1889 rock pocket mouse
Perognathus flavus Baird 1855 pocket mouse | |
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher | |
Cynomys gunnisoni Baird 1855 Gunnison's prairie dog
"Citellus spilosoma" = Spermophilus ground squirrel
Marmota flaviventris Audubon and Bachman 1841 yellow-bellied marmot | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Camelops sp., "Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel
"Tanupolama sp." = Hemiauchenia Gervais and Ameghino 1880 camel | |
Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
"Vulpes fulva" = Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Vulpes velox Say 1823 swift fox
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Canis cf. lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Urocyon sp. Baird 1857 gray fox | |
"Tremarctotherium sp." = Arctodus, Ursus americanus
"Tremarctotherium sp." = Arctodus Leidy 1854 bear
Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 black-footed ferret | |
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor, "Felis lynx" = Lynx lynx
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
"Felis lynx" = Lynx lynx Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian lynx | |
Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
Reptilia | |
Cnemidophorus perplexus whiptail lizard | |
? Crotalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 rattlesnake | |
Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
Salvadora grahamiae Baird and Girard 1853 colubrid snake
Pituophis catenifer gopher snake | |
Crotaphytus collaris Say 1823 Collared lizard |