PBDB Collection

Jimenez Cave (Pleistocene to of Mexico)

Also known as UTEP Locality 91

Where: Chihuahua, Mexico (27.0° N, 104.8° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 104.8° W)

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene to Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: cave

• "extremely fine sand... aeolian or water-deposited"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: coprolite

Collection methods: surface (float), sieve

Primary reference: H. J. Messing. 1986. A Late Pleistocene-Holocene fauna from Chihuahua, Mexico. Southwestern Naturalist 31(3):277-288 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 71263: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.02.1999

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae	Antrozous pallidus, Myotis sp. Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat Myotis sp. Kaup 1829 vesper bat
Chiroptera - Molossidae	Tadarida sp. Tadarida sp. Rafinesque 1814 free-tailed bat
Carnivora - Ursidae	Ursus americanus Ursus americanus Pallas 1780 black bear
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustela nigripes Mustela nigripes Audubon and Bachman 1851 black-footed ferret
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis latrans Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Carnivora - Felidae	Puma concolor, Lynx rufus Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma "Felis concolor" Lynx rufus Schreber 1777 bobcat
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Antilocapra americana, Capromeryx sp. Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn Capromeryx sp. Matthew 1902 pronghorn
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Cryptotis parva, Notiosorex crawfordi Cryptotis parva Say 1823 North American least shrew Notiosorex crawfordi Coues 1877 Crawford's gray shrew
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Leporidae indet., Lepus sp., Sylvilagus audubonii Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit said to be a new genus also present at Dry Cave and Anthony Cave Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare Sylvilagus audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail originally entered as "Sylvilagus audobonii"
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Onychomys sp., Peromyscus sp., Neotoma albigula, Neotoma ? micropus, Neotoma lepida, Neotoma cf. floridana, Neotoma ? cinerea, Sigmodon sp., Microtus pennsylvanicus, Reithrodontomys sp. Onychomys sp. Baird 1858 grasshopper mouse Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894 white-throated woodrat Neotoma identifications repeated from Harris 1984 Neotoma ? micropus Baird 1855 southern plains woodrat Neotoma lepida Thomas 1893 desert woodrat Neotoma cf. floridana Ord 1818 eastern woodrat Neotoma ? cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825 cotton rat Microtus pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole Reithrodontomys sp. Giglioli 1874 harvest mouse "R. megalotis or R. montanus"
Rodentia - Hesperomyidae	"Baiomys taylori" = Hesperomys taylori "Baiomys taylori" = Hesperomys taylori Thomas 1887 northern pygmy mouse
Rodentia - Sciuridae	Spermophilus spilosoma, Cynomys sp., "Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Spermophilus spilosoma Bennett 1833 spotted ground squirrel Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog "Spermophilus variegatus" = Otospermophilus variegatus Erxleben 1777 rock squirrel
Rodentia - Geomyidae	"Pappogeomys castanops" = Cratogeomys castanops, Thomomys cf. umbrinus "Pappogeomys castanops" = Cratogeomys castanops Baird 1852 yellow-faced pocket gopher Thomomys cf. umbrinus Richardson 1829 southern pocket gopher
Rodentia - Heteromyidae	Perognathus sp., Dipodomys sp. Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839 pocket mouse Dipodomys sp. Gray 1841 kangaroo rat "D. nelsoni or D. spectabilis"