Cueva de Abra Travertine: Late Pleistocene, Mexico

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Leptonycteris nivalis (Saussure 1860)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
"similar to Lasionycteris noctivagans"
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida laticaudata Geoffroy 1805
Tadarida aurispinosa (Peale 1848)
Tadarida brasiliensis (Geoffroy 1824)
Eumops perotis (Schinz 1821)
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Balantiopteryx io Thomas 1904
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma micropus Baird 1855
"N. micropus littoralis"
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825
Onychomys leucogaster (Wied-Neuwied 1841)
Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque 1818)
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Liomys irroratus (Gray 1868)
Chaetodipus hispidus (Baird 1858)
"Perognathus hispidus"
type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Hesperomyidae
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Mammalia - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva (Say 1823)
Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues 1877)
Mammalia - Didelphimorphia
Marmosa mexicana Merriam 1897
Reptilia - Teiidae
Holman 1970
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Sceloporus indet. Wiegmann 1828
Holman 1970
Holman 1970
Reptilia - Colubridae
Holman 1970
Reptilia - Xantusiidae
Lepidophyma indet. Duméril 1851
Holman 1970
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinophrynidae
Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril and Bibron 1841
Holman 1970
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782
Holman 1970
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Leptodactylidae
Holman 1970
Holman 1970
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico State/province:Tamaulipas
Coordinates: 22.4° North, 98.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:cave
Geology comments: from a three inch thick slab of "buff-colored travertine"; additional, undescribed fossils from several other parts of the cave are not included in the report
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:coprolite
Disassociated major elements:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying
Collection size:2000 individuals
Metadata
Database number:71264
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Head Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Head
Created:1999-02-05 17:31:33 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-02-05 17:31:33
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
24062. W. W. Dalquest and E. Roth. 1970. Late Pleistocene mammals from a cave in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 15(2):217-230 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

45631 J. A. Holman. 1970. A small Pleistocene herpetofauna from Tamaulipas. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 32(2):153-158 [J. Head/J. Head]