Deadman Cave: Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene, Arizona
collected by E. L. Roth, W. Peachey 1972

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Angiospermae - Rosales - Ulmaceae
Celtis reticulata
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Scaphiopus couchi Baird 1854
recombined as Scaphiopus (Scaphiopus) couchi
also a specifically indeterminate Scaphiopus radioulna
Scaphiopus cf. hammondi Baird 1859
recombined as Spea hammondii
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo punctatus
Bufo cf. woodhousei Girard 1854
Mammalia - Soricidae
Notiosorex crawfordi (Coues 1877)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
recombined as Puma concolor
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Bassariscus astutus (Lichtenstein 1830)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Mephitis macroura Lichtenstein 1832
Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Bovidae
Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys cf. bottae (Eydoux and Gervais 1836)
specific ID based on geographic range
    = Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Lutugin 1894
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Dipodomys spectabilis Merriam 1890
Perognathus cf. flavus Baird 1855
specific ID based on geographic range
    = Perognathus sp. Maximillian 1839
Lutugin 1894
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798
compared to M. longicaudus and M. montanus
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841
Neotoma albigula Hartley 1894
Reithrodontomys montanus (Baird 1855)
Sigmodon sp. Say and Ord 1825
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus variegatus (Erxleben 1777)
recombined as Otospermophilus variegatus
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Antrozous pallidus (Le Conte 1856)
cf. Myotis sp. Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Nothrotheriidae
Nothrotheriops shastensis (Sinclair 1905)
original and current combination Nothrotherium shastense
Reptilia - Theropoda - Turdidae
Turdus cf. migratorius Linnaeus 1758
Catharus guttatus (Pallas 1811)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Icteridae
Icterinae indet. (Vigors 1825)
original and current combination Icteridae
"may represent an extinct taxon"
Reptilia - Theropoda - Passerellidae
Emberizinae indet. (Vigors 1831)
    = Passerellidae indet. Cabanis 1851
Chesser et al. 2017
New World Emberizidae have been reassigned to this family
Reptilia - Theropoda - Columbidae
Zenaida cf. macroura (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Picidae
Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus 1758)
Reptilia - Theropoda - Strigidae
Micrathene whitneyi
Asio otus (Linnaeus 1758)
Otus sp. Pennant 1769
Reptilia - Theropoda - Caprimulgidae
Caprimulgidae indet. Vigors 1825
Reptilia - Theropoda - Odontophoridae
Colinus gambelii
Cyrtonyx montezumae (Vigors 1830)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Rhinocheilus lecontei
Trimorphodon biscutatus
Gyalopium canum
corrected as Gyalopion
Hypsiglena torquata
Arizona elegans Kennicott 1859
Lampropeltis pyromelana
Lampropeltis getulus (Linnaeus 1766)
Masticophis sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Pituophis melanoleucus (Daudin 1803)
Salvadora sp. Baird and Girard 1853
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Crotalus scutulatus
Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard 1853
Reptilia
Heloderma suspectum Cope 1869
Reptilia - Teiidae
Cnemidophorus sp. Wagler 1830
Reptilia - Iguanidae
Callisaurus draconoides Blainville 1835
Holbrookia maculata
Holbrookia texana
Crotaphytus collaris (Say 1823)
Phrynosoma douglassi
Phrynosoma solare
Phrynosoma modestum Girard 1852
Urosaurus ornatus
Sceloporus cf. clarkii
Sceloporus cf. magister Hallowell 1854
Sceloporus cf. undulatus (Bosc 1802)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Arizona County:Pima
Coordinates: 32.6° North, 110.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.5° North, 110.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:1400 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: a "radiocarbon date of 6080 +/- 250 B.P." on "endocarps of Celtis reticulata" is rejected as "too young by at least 2000 years" because the sample is thought to have been "contaminated by carbonates in percolating water" that was definitely present, suggesting a very late Pleistocene or early Holocene age to the authors
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly,brown unlithified calcareous siltstone
Lithology description: "fine [pebbly pale brown] carbonate silt... loose" below a "travertine layer"
Environment:cave
Glacial or sequence phase:late glacial
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,bone collector
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Disassociated minor elements:many
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:2.000
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:E. L. Roth, W. Peachey Collection dates:1972
Collection method comments: University of Arizona, Laboratory of Paleontology collection
"an approximately 1.0 by 0.5 by 0.5 m layer" was excavated and "screened through window mesh (2 mm) sieves"
Metadata
Also known as:UALP locality 78121
Database number:93374
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham Enterer:J. Alroy, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-15 18:55:39 Last modified:2022-03-07 10:15:04
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-15 18:55:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31595. J. I. Mead, E. L. Roth, T. R. Van Devender and D. W. Steadman. 1984. The Late Wisconsinan vertebrate fauna from Deadman Cave, southern Arizona. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 20(14):247-276 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

66316 R. T. Chesser, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., J. D. Rising, D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker. 2017. Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk 134:751-773 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]