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
Angiospermae | |
Celtis reticulata hackberry | |
Mammalia | |
Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat
cf. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat | |
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew | |
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Bassariscus astutus Lichtenstein 1830 ringtail | |
Spilogale putorius Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832 skunk | |
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub ox | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse | |
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Reithrodontomys montanus Baird 1855 plains harvest mouse
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat | |
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus
"Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel | |
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Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890 bannertail kangaroo rat | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense
"Nothrotheriops shastensis" = Nothrotherium shastense Sinclair 1905 Shasta ground sloth | |
Reptilia | |
Crotalus scutulatus rattlesnake
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853 rattlesnake | |
Masticophis sp., Lampropeltis pyromelana, Lampropeltis getulus, Arizona elegans, Salvadora sp., Pituophis melanoleucus, Hypsiglena torquata, "Gyalopium canum" = Gyalopion, Rhinocheilus lecontei, Trimorphodon biscutatus
Masticophis sp. Baird and Girard 1853 whip snake
Lampropeltis pyromelana colubrid snake
Lampropeltis getulus Linnaeus 1766 kingsnake
Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859 glossy snake
Salvadora sp. Baird and Girard 1853 colubrid snake
Pituophis melanoleucus Daudin 1803 pine snake
Hypsiglena torquata colubrid snake
"Gyalopium canum" = Gyalopion colubrid snake
Rhinocheilus lecontei colubrid snake
Trimorphodon biscutatus colubrid snake | |
Phrynosoma douglassi, Phrynosoma solare, Phrynosoma modestum, Urosaurus ornatus, Callisaurus draconoides, Sceloporus cf. clarkii, Sceloporus cf. undulatus, Sceloporus cf. magister, Holbrookia maculata, Holbrookia texana, Crotaphytus collaris
Phrynosoma douglassi horned lizard
Phrynosoma solare horned lizard
Phrynosoma modestum Girard 1852 Roundtail horned lizard
Urosaurus ornatus squamates
Callisaurus draconoides Blainville 1835 Zebratail lizard
Sceloporus cf. clarkii spiny lizard
Sceloporus cf. undulatus Bosc 1802 eastern fence lizard
Sceloporus cf. magister Hallowell 1854 Desert spiny lizard
Holbrookia maculata lesser earless lizard
Holbrookia texana lesser earless lizard
Crotaphytus collaris Say 1823 Collared lizard | |
Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869 Gila monster | |
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830 whiptail lizard | |
Aves | |
Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors 1830 Montezuma quail
Colinus gambelii bobwhite | |
Caprimulgidae indet. Vigors 1825 nightjar | |
Zenaida cf. macroura Linnaeus 1758 mourning dove | |
Colaptes auratus Linnaeus 1758 northern flicker | |
"Icterinae indet." = Icteridae
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Turdus cf. migratorius Linnaeus 1758 American robin
Catharus guttatus Pallas 1811 hermit thrush | |
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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Bufo punctatus toad
Bufo cf. woodhousei Girard 1854 Woodhouse's toad | |
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758 frog |