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

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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