Sandia Cave Unit J: Holocene, New Mexico
collected by W. L. Bliss, F. C. Hibben 1936-1941
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Chiroptera
- Molossidae
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Tadarida mexicana
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| "also other sp." | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovis canadensis
Shaw 1804
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon sp.
Cuvier 1822
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | New Mexico | County: | Sandoval |
| Coordinates: | 35.3° North, 106.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.3° North, 106.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Holocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Holocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: there is a single 14C date of "870+/-110" years B.P. on "organic debris" but the unit spans most of the Holocene (Haynes and Agogino 1986) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal conglomeratic siltstone |
| Lithology description: "Recent debris... dust mixed with rock fragments, bones, sticks, twigs, dung, and vegetable matter" (Haynes and Agogino 1986) | |
| Environment: | cave |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,midden |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | archaeological analysis | ||
| Collectors: | W. L. Bliss, F. C. Hibben | Collection dates: | 1936-1941 |
| Collection method comments: the original excavation was of the first three 23 meters of the cave | |||
Metadata
| Also known as: | Topmost Level | ||
| Database number: | 93375 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-16 10:17:36 | Last modified: | 2010-01-16 12:26:28 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-16 10:17:36 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 31597. | F. C. Hibben. 1941. Evidences of early occupation in Sandia Cave, New Mexico, and other sites in the Sandia-Manzano region. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99(23):1-44 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |