PBDB Collection

San Josecito Cave (Pleistocene of Mexico)

Where: Nuevo Leon, Mexico (24.1° N, 99.8° W: paleocoordinates 24.1° N, 99.8° W)

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

Environment/lithology: cave

• faunal dating

Collection methods: quarrying, sieve

Primary reference: G.E. Jakway. 1958. Pleistocene Lagomorpha and Rodentia from the San Josecito Cave, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 61(3):313-327 [J. Alroy/K. Sears]more details

PaleoDB collection 71345: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Karen Sears on 12.03.1999, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Megatherioidea - Nothrotheriidae	Nothrotherium sp. Nothrotherium sp. Lydekker 1889 edentate
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Liomys irroratus Liomys irroratus Gray 1868 Mexican spiny pocket mouse
Rodentia - Geomyidae	"Heterogeomys sp." = Orthogeomys, Cratogeomys castanops, Thomomys bottae "Heterogeomys sp." = Orthogeomys Merriam 1895 pocket gopher Cratogeomys castanops Baird 1852 yellow-faced pocket gopher Thomomys bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon dorsatum Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Sciurus alleni, Spermophilus spilosoma, Marmota sp. Sciurus alleni Nelson 1898 squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Peromyscus boylii, Neotoma albigula, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Sigmodon hispidus, Microtus mexicanus, Synaptomys cooperi Peromyscus boylii Baird 1855 brush mouse Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat Microtus mexicanus Saussure 1861 Mexican vole Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Sylvilagus leonensis Sylvilagus leonensis Cushing 1945 cottontail rabbit
Carnivora - Felidae	Panthera onca, "Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox, Smilodon sp. Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar "Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat
Carnivora - Canidae	Cuon alpinus², "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Cuon alpinus² Pallas 1811 dhole "Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Carnivora - Ursidae	"Euarctos sp." = Ursus, "Tremarctos mexicanus" = Tremarctos floridanus "Euarctos sp." = Ursus Linnaeus 1758 bear "Tremarctos mexicanus" = Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
Carnivora - Procyonidae	"Bassariscus sonoitensis" = Bassariscus astutus¹ "Bassariscus sonoitensis" = Bassariscus astutus¹ Lichtenstein 1830 ringtail
Carnivora - Mephitidae	"Conepatus mesoleucus" = Conepatus leuconotus¹, Spilogale putorius¹, Mephitis mephitis¹ "Conepatus mesoleucus" = Conepatus leuconotus¹ Lichtenstein 1832 eastern hog-nosed skunk Spilogale putorius¹ Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk Mephitis mephitis¹ Schreber 1776 striped skunk
Carnivora - Mustelidae	"Mustela reliquus n. sp." = Neogale frenata¹, Taxidea cf. taxus¹ "Mustela reliquus n. sp." = Neogale frenata¹ Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel LACM/CIT 192/395 [digit following numeral 5 is illegible], Taxidea cf. taxus¹ Schreber 1778 American badger
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Stockoceros conklingi Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	"Preptoceras sp." = Euceratherium "Preptoceras sp." = Euceratherium Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub-ox
Artiodactyla - Cervidae	Odocoileus sp. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus conversidens Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	"Corynorhinus tetralophodon" = Plecotus tetralophodon "Corynorhinus tetralophodon" = Plecotus tetralophodon Handley 1955 vesper bat

¹Hall 1960; ²Tedford et al. 2009