Bighorn Cave - Locus A, Level III: Holocene, Arizona
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovis canadensis
Shaw 1804
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Bassariscus astutus
(Lichtenstein 1830)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Spilogale gracilis
Merriam 1890
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Muridae indet.
Illiger 1811
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"Peromyscus / Onychomys sp." | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys sp.
Wied-Neuwied 1839
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Heteromyidae indet.
Gray 1868
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"Perognathus / Chaetodipus sp." | ||||||||||
Dipodomys sp.
Gray 1841
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus variegatus
(Erxleben 1777)
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recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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"Sylvilagus audubonii / floridanus" (correlation to this level is tentative) | ||||||||||
Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
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Chiroptera indet.
Blumenbach 1779
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Arizona | County: | Mohave |
Coordinates: | 35.2° North, 114.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.2° North, 114.4° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Fauna recovered from cave fill sediments; details of stratigraphy were provided by Geib and Keller (2002); Level (Component) III associated with radiocarbon dates spanning 1320 yr B.P. and 1035 yr B.P. (Geib and Keller, 2002). |
Lithology and environment
Lithology description: Cave is formed within a "massive volcanic breccia" (Geib (2002:7); see also Geib and Keller (2002) | |
Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | abundant |
Articulated whole bodies: | none |
Associated major elements: | some |
Disassociated major elements: | many |
Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
Minimum sieve size: | 3.175 | Maximum sieve size: | 6.350 |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collection method comments: Screen mesh size reported by Geib and Keller (2002); specimens are curated in the Laboratory of Quaternary Paleontology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (NAUQSP) |
Metadata
Also known as: | Locus A = "lower shelter and toe of talus cone"; Level III = "Component III" | ||
Database number: | 63710 | ||
Authorizer: | C. Bell | Enterer: | C. Bell |
Modifier: | C. Bell | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2006-08-18 15:10:19 | Last modified: | 2006-08-18 19:47:32 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-08-18 15:10:19 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
18308. | C. N. Jass. 2004. Mid to late Holocene mammals from Bighorn Cave, Arizona. The Southwestern Naturalist 49(1):75-82 [C. Bell/C. Bell] |