Also known as UALP locality 78121
Where: Pima County, Arizona (32.6° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 110.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• a "radiocarbon date of 6080 +/- 250 B.P." on "endocarps of Celtis reticulata" is rejected as "too young by at least 2000 years" because the sample is thought to have been "contaminated by carbonates in percolating water" that was definitely present, suggesting a very late Pleistocene or early Holocene age to the authors
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; unlithified, pebbly, brown, calcareous siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: bone collector
Collected by E. L. Roth, W. Peachey in 1972
Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,
• University of Arizona, Laboratory of Paleontology collection
•"an approximately 1.0 by 0.5 by 0.5 m layer" was excavated and "screened through window mesh (2 mm) sieves"
Primary reference: J. I. Mead, E. L. Roth, T. R. Van Devender and D. W. Steadman. 1984. The Late Wisconsinan vertebrate fauna from Deadman Cave, southern Arizona. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 20(14):247-276 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 93374: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.01.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
cf. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat | |
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub ox | |
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832 skunk
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk | |
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein 1830 ringtail | |
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel | |
Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890 bannertail kangaroo rat | |
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Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Reithrodontomys montanus Baird 1855 plains harvest mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat | |
Reptilia | |
Trimorphodon biscutatus, Rhinocheilus lecontei, Hypsiglena torquata, Masticophis sp., Pituophis melanoleucus, Arizona elegans, Salvadora sp., Lampropeltis pyromelana, Lampropeltis getulus, "Gyalopium canum" = Gyalopion
Trimorphodon biscutatus colubrid snake
Rhinocheilus lecontei colubrid snake
Hypsiglena torquata colubrid snake
Masticophis sp. Baird and Girard 1853 whip snake
Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 pine snake
Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859 glossy snake
Salvadora sp. Baird and Girard 1853 colubrid snake
Lampropeltis pyromelana colubrid snake
Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
"Gyalopium canum" = Gyalopion colubrid snake | |
Crotalus scutulatus rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853 rattlesnake | |
Callisaurus draconoides, Sceloporus cf. clarkii, Sceloporus cf. magister, Sceloporus cf. undulatus, Urosaurus ornatus, Crotaphytus collaris, Phrynosoma douglassi, Phrynosoma solare, Phrynosoma modestum, Holbrookia maculata, Holbrookia texana
Callisaurus draconoides Blainville 1835 Zebratail lizard
Sceloporus cf. clarkii spiny lizard
Sceloporus cf. magister Hallowell 1854 Desert spiny lizard
Sceloporus cf. undulatus Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
Urosaurus ornatus squamates
Crotaphytus collaris Say 1823 Collared lizard
Phrynosoma douglassi horned lizard
Phrynosoma solare horned lizard
Phrynosoma modestum Girard 1852 Roundtail horned lizard
Holbrookia maculata lesser earless lizard
Holbrookia texana lesser earless lizard | |
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830 whiptail lizard | |
Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869 Gila monster | |
Aves | |
Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors 1830 Montezuma quail
Colinus gambelii bobwhite | |
Caprimulgidae indet. Vigors 1825 nightjar | |
Catharus guttatus Pallas 1811 hermit thrush
Turdus cf. migratorius Linnaeus 1758 American robin | |
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"Icterinae indet." = Icteridae
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Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 northern flicker | |
Zenaida cf. macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove | |
Amphibia | |
"Scaphiopus cf. hammondi" = Spea hammondii, "Scaphiopus couchi" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) couchi
"Scaphiopus cf. hammondi" = Spea hammondii Baird 1859 Western spadefoot toad
"Scaphiopus couchi" = Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) couchi Baird 1854 Couch's spadefoot toad also a specifically indeterminate Scaphiopus radioulna
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Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog | |
Bufo punctatus toad
Bufo cf. woodhousei Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad | |
Angiospermae | |
Celtis reticulata hackberry |