San Josecito Cave (Pleistocene of Mexico)
Where: Nuevo Leon, Mexico (24.1° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 99.8° W)
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: cave
• faunal dating
Collection methods: quarrying, sieve
Primary reference: G.E. Jakway. 1958. Pleistocene Lagomorpha and Rodentia from the San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 61(3):313-327 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details
PaleoDB collection 71345: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel
Sciurus alleni Nelson 1898 squirrel | |
Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
Cratogeomys castanops Baird 1852 yellow-faced pocket gopher
"Heterogeomys sp." = Orthogeomys Merriam 1895 pocket gopher | |
Liomys irroratus Gray 1868 Mexican spiny pocket mouse | |
Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma albigula, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Peromyscus boylii, Synaptomys cooperi, Microtus mexicanus
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse
Peromyscus boylii Baird 1855 brush mouse
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Microtus mexicanus Saussure 1861 Mexican vole | |
Sylvilagus leonensis Cushing 1945 cottontail rabbit | |
"Corynorhinus tetralophodon" = Plecotus tetralophodon
"Corynorhinus tetralophodon" = Plecotus tetralophodon Handley 1955 vesper bat | |
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
"Preptoceras sp." = Euceratherium
"Preptoceras sp." = Euceratherium Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub-ox | |
Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930 pronghorn | |
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion
Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar | |
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"Bassariscus sonoitensis" = Bassariscus astutus1
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"Mustela reliquus n. sp." = Neogale frenata1 Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel LACM/CIT 192/395 [digit following numeral 5 is illegible],
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"Tremarctos mexicanus" = Tremarctos floridanus, "Euarctos sp." = Ursus
"Tremarctos mexicanus" = Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
"Euarctos sp." = Ursus Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |
Nothrotherium sp. Lydekker 1889 edentate |