Coxcatlan Cave Zone XXVI (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Also known as Tc 50

Where: Puebla, Mexico (18.3° N, 97.2° W: paleocoordinates 18.3° N, 97.2° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• bed/horizon: Zone XXVI

Environment/lithology: cave

• "yellow rock dust"

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: K. V. Flannery. 1967. Vertebrate fauna and hunting patterns. The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley. Volume 1: Environment and Subsistence 132-177 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 71308: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 13.02.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Liomys irroratus
Liomys irroratus Gray 1868 Mexican spiny pocket mouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel
"Citellus (Spermophilus) variegatus"; an additional, small sciurid is present
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp., Neotoma ? mexicana
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Neotoma ? mexicana Baird 1855 Mexican woodrat
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus sp.
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
some specimens may be Sylvilagus sp.
 Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes sp., Canis latrans
Vulpes sp. Frisch 1775 fox
Flannery 1983: "fox"
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus astutus
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein 1830 ringtail
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
Spilogale or Conepatus or both
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp.
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra americana
Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn
see also Flannery 1983