Cueva de Abra Travertine: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Rana pipiens
Schreber 1782
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Leptodactylidae
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Leptodactylus (cf. Leptodactylus) labialis
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Syrrhophus (cf. Syrrhophus) campi
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Rhinophrynidae
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Rhinophrynus dorsalis
Duméril and Bibron 1841
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Xantusiidae
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Lepidophyma indet.
Duméril 1851
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Teiidae
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Cnemidophorus gularis
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Iguanidae
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Sceloporus indet.
Wiegmann 1828
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Sceloporus (cf. Sceloporus) variabilis
Wiegmann 1834
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Holman 1970 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Vespertilionidae
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Vespertilionidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| "similar to Lasionycteris noctivagans" | ||||||||||
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Myotis sp.
Kaup 1829
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Tadarida aurispinosa
(Peale 1848)
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Tadarida laticaudata
Geoffroy 1805
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Tadarida brasiliensis
(Geoffroy 1824)
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Eumops perotis
(Schinz 1821)
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Emballonuridae
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Balantiopteryx io
Thomas 1904
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Phyllostomidae
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Artibeus jamaicensis
Leach 1821
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Leptonycteris nivalis
(Saussure 1860)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Cryptotis parva
(Say 1823)
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Notiosorex crawfordi
(Coues 1877)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus cf. floridanus
(Allen 1890)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Oryzomys palustris
Harlan 1837
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Onychomys leucogaster
(Wied-Neuwied 1841)
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Peromyscus leucopus
(Rafinesque 1818)
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Peromyscus pectoralis
Osgood 1904
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Neotoma micropus
Baird 1855
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| "N. micropus littoralis" | ||||||||||
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Sigmodon hispidus
Say and Ord 1825
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Reithrodontomys fulvescens
Allen 1894
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Hesperomyidae
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Baiomys taylori
(Thomas 1887)
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| original and current combination Hesperomys taylori | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Perognathus huastecensis
Dalquest and Roth 1970
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Chaetodipus hispidus
(Baird 1858)
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| "Perognathus hispidus" | ||||||||||
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Liomys irroratus
(Gray 1868)
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Mammalia
- Didelphimorphia
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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus 1758
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Marmosa mexicana
Merriam 1897
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Geography
| Country: | Mexico | State/province: | Tamaulipas |
| Coordinates: | 22.4° North, 98.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.4° North, 98.0° West |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 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: | 1999-02-05 19:31:33 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-02-05 17:31:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
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] |