SAM Cave (Pink Solid): Irvingtonian, New Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Cynomys sp.
Rafinesque 1817
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Spermophilus variegatus
(Erxleben 1777)
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recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus | ||||||||||
Spermophilus lateralis
(Say 1823)
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recombined as Callospermophilus lateralis | ||||||||||
Spermophilus tridecemlineatus
(Mitchell 1821)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1839
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Lemmiscus curtatus
(Cope 1868)
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Peromyscus cf. crinitus
(Merriam 1891)
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Mictomys kansasensis
(Hibbard 1952)
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Allophaiomys sp.
Kormos 1932
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus californicus
Gray 1837
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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a bat | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale putorius
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela erminea
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis rufus
Audubon and Bachman 1851
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Rio Arriba |
Coordinates: | 36.5° North, 107.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 36.5° North, 106.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 1.80000 - 0.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:said to be younger than Under Arch and older than the LB collections, but direct stratigraphic superposition is not indicated NISP cannot be determined because specimens are listed as "many teeth" for all common species said to be early Pleistocene |
Metadata
Also known as: | NMMNH L-43 | ||
Database number: | 20506 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2002-05-15 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2940. | K. L. Rogers, C. A. Repenning, F. G. Luiszer and R. D. Benson. 2000. Geologic history, stratigraphy, and paleontology of SAM Cave, north-central New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 22(4):89-117 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |