Cueva de Abra Travertine (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Tamaulipas, Mexico (22.4° N, 98.0° W: paleocoordinates 22.4° N, 98.0° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave

• 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

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 71264: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.02.1999, edited by Jason Head

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Xantusiidae
Lepidophyma indet.
Lepidophyma indet. Duméril 1851 tropical night lizard
 Squamata - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus gularis
Cnemidophorus gularis whiptail lizard
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Sceloporus indet., Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) variabilis
Sceloporus indet. Wiegmann 1828 spiny lizard
Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) variabilis Wiegmann 1834 Rosebelly lizard
 Squamata - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet.
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
Mammalia
 Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Didelphis marsupialis, Marmosa mexicana
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 common opossum
Marmosa mexicana Merriam 1897 Mexican mouse opposum
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Cryptotis parva, Notiosorex crawfordi
Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew
Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
 Rodentia - Hesperomyidae
"Baiomys taylori" = Hesperomys taylori
"Baiomys taylori" = Hesperomys taylori Thomas 1887 northern pygmy mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Oryzomys palustris, Onychomys leucogaster, Sigmodon hispidus, Neotoma micropus, Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Peromyscus leucopus, Peromyscus pectoralis
Oryzomys palustris Harlan 1837 marsh rice rat
Onychomys leucogaster Wied-Neuwied 1841 northern grasshopper mouse
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Neotoma micropus Baird 1855 southern plains woodrat
"N. micropus littoralis"
Reithrodontomys fulvescens Allen 1894 fulvous harvest mouse
Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque 1818 white-footed mouse
Peromyscus pectoralis Osgood 1904 white-ankled mouse
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Liomys irroratus, Perognathus huastecensis, Chaetodipus hispidus
Liomys irroratus Gray 1868 Mexican spiny pocket mouse
Perognathus huastecensis Dalquest and Roth 1970 pocket mouse
type
Chaetodipus hispidus Baird 1858 hispid pocket mouse
"Perognathus hispidus"
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
Sylvilagus cf. floridanus Allen 1890 eastern cottontail
 Chiroptera - Phyllostomidae
Artibeus jamaicensis, Leptonycteris nivalis
Artibeus jamaicensis Leach 1821 Jamaican fruit bat
Leptonycteris nivalis Saussure 1860 greater long-nosed bat
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet., Myotis sp.
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821 vesper bat
"similar to Lasionycteris noctivagans"
Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida laticaudata, Tadarida aurispinosa, Tadarida brasiliensis, Eumops perotis
Tadarida laticaudata Geoffroy 1805 free-tailed bat
Tadarida aurispinosa Peale 1848 Peale's free-tailed bat
Tadarida brasiliensis Geoffroy 1824 Mexican free-tailed bat
Eumops perotis Schinz 1821 western mastiff bat
 Chiroptera - Emballonuridae
Balantiopteryx io
Balantiopteryx io Thomas 1904 Thomas's sac-winged bat
Amphibia
 Salientia - Rhinophrynidae
Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Rhinophrynus dorsalis Duméril and Bibron 1841 Mexican burrowing toad
 Salientia - Ranidae
Rana pipiens
Rana pipiens Schreber 1782 Northern leopard frog
 Salientia - Leptodactylidae
Leptodactylus (cf. Leptodactylus) labialis, Syrrhophus (cf. Syrrhophus) campi