Deadman Cave (Pleistocene to of the United States)

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

• "fine [pebbly pale brown] carbonate silt... loose" below a "travertine layer"

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
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat
 Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub ox
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832 skunk
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein 1830 ringtail
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathus sp.2 Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse
specific ID based on geographic range
Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890 bannertail kangaroo rat
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys sp.2 Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
specific ID based on geographic range
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
compared to M. longicaudus and M. montanus
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Reithrodontomys montanus Baird 1855 plains harvest mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
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
 Squamata - Crotalidae
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853 rattlesnake
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Callisaurus draconoides Blainville 1835 Zebratail lizard
Sceloporus cf. magister Hallowell 1854 Desert spiny lizard
Sceloporus cf. undulatus Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
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
 Squamata - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830 whiptail lizard
 Squamata -
Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869 Gila monster
Aves
 Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors 1830 Montezuma quail
 Caprimulgiformes - Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgidae indet. Vigors 1825 nightjar
 Passeriformes - Turdidae
Catharus guttatus Pallas 1811 hermit thrush
Turdus cf. migratorius Linnaeus 1758 American robin
 Passeriformes - Passerellidae
Passerellidae indet.1 Cabanis 1851 new world sparrow
 Passeriformes - Icteridae
"Icterinae indet." = Icteridae
"Icterinae indet." = Icteridae Vigors 1825 perching bird
"may represent an extinct taxon"
 Piciformes - Picidae
Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 northern flicker
 Columbiformes - Columbidae
Zenaida cf. macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Otus sp. Pennant 1769 scops owl
Asio otus Linnaeus 1758 long-eared owl
Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
"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
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. woodhousei Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad
Angiospermae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae