Cueva Blanca Zone F: Pleistocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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multiple species | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes sp.
Frisch 1775
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possibly V. macrotis | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Marmosa canescens
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Oaxaca |
Coordinates: | 17.0° North, 96.4° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 17.0° North, 96.2° West | ||
Altitude: | 1813 meters |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: bed/horizon: Zone F |
Lithology and environment
Environment: | cave |
Geology comments: "indurated sand"; charcoal in overlying Zone E was C14 dated at 10820 +- /120 ybp by Stuckenrath and Mielke 1970 |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Taxonomic list comments:birds also present; list is partial and may omit several small mammal species |
Metadata
Database number: | 71305 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Created: | 1999-02-13 20:51:52 | Last modified: | 1999-02-13 22:51:52 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-13 20:51:52 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
24118. | K. V. Flannery. 1983. Pleistocene fauna of Early Ajuereado type from Cueva Blanca, Oaxaca. The Cloud People (Flannery and Marcus, eds.) 18-20 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |