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
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Mammalia | |
Nothrotherium sp. Lydekker 1889 edentate | |
"Corynorhinus tetralophodon" = Plecotus tetralophodon
"Corynorhinus tetralophodon" = Plecotus tetralophodon Handley 1955 vesper bat | |
Sylvilagus leonensis Cushing 1945 cottontail rabbit | |
Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel
Sciurus alleni Nelson 1898 squirrel | |
Neotoma albigula, Sigmodon hispidus, Synaptomys cooperi, Reithrodontomys megalotis, Peromyscus boylii, Microtus mexicanus
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat
Sigmodon hispidus Say and Ord 1825 hispid cotton rat
Synaptomys cooperi Baird 1858 southern bog lemming
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse
Peromyscus boylii Baird 1855 brush mouse
Microtus mexicanus Saussure 1861 Mexican vole | |
Liomys irroratus Gray 1868 Mexican spiny pocket mouse | |
"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 | |
Erethizon dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Equus conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
"Preptoceras sp." = Euceratherium
"Preptoceras sp." = Euceratherium Furlong and Sinclair 1904 shrub-ox | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
Stockoceros conklingi Stock 1930 pronghorn | |
"Tremarctos mexicanus" = Tremarctos floridanus, "Euarctos sp." = Ursus
"Tremarctos mexicanus" = Tremarctos floridanus Gidley 1928 Florida cave bear
"Euarctos sp." = Ursus Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
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"Bassariscus sonoitensis" = Bassariscus astutus1
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"Mustela reliquus n. sp." = Neogale frenata1 Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel LACM/CIT 192/395 [digit following numeral 5 is illegible],
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Panthera onca Linnaeus 1758 jaguar
"Felis atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion
Smilodon sp. Lund 1841 saber-toothed cat | |
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf |