SAM Cave (Kathy's Pit) (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as NMMNH L-43
Where: Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (36.5° N, 107.0° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 106.8° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: K. L. Rogers, C. A. Repenning, F. G. Luiszer and R. D. Benson. 2000. Geologic history, stratigraphy, and paleontology of SAM Cave, north-central New Mexico. New Mexico Geology 22(4):89-117 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20514: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• in a normal polarity zone
generically identifiable NISP 107
apparently superposed over the LB section, i.e., over level LB 9
said to be early Pleistocene
generically identifiable NISP 107
apparently superposed over the LB section, i.e., over level LB 9
said to be early Pleistocene
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Mammalia | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Lontra canadensis Schreber 1776 North American river otter | |
Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Canis cf. latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
Spermophilus cf. tridecemlineatus Mitchell 1821 thirteen-lined ground squirrel
"Neotamias minimus" = Eutamias minimus Bachman 1839 least chipmunk
Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog | |
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
Erethizon sp. Cuvier 1822 North American porcupine | |
Neotoma sp., Microtus sp., Microtus cf. californicus, Phenacomys intermedius, Peromyscus sp., Reithrodontomys sp., Reithrodontomys megalotis
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole
Microtus cf. californicus Peale 1848 California vole
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis Baird 1858 western harvest mouse | |
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare
Lepus californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat |