Entrance Chamber

Entrance Chamber, Dry Cave UTEP 24

NM: Eddy Co., 1280 m

General Description.—Fissure leading south from Entrance Sink of Dry Cave. Fill mostly to east of main path. Connected to UTEP 23 by test pit and to UTEP 25 by tunnel at one time.

Age.—Holocene, grading to Pleistocene deposits to north and at depth.

Publication.—Harris 1985.

Fauna.—

• Chaetodipus cf. hispidus
• Dipodomys sp. (small)
• Homo sapiens
• Lepus sp.
• Neotoma albigula
• Neotoma mexicana
• Microtus cf. mexicanus
• Notiosorex crawfordi
• Onychomys sp.
• Perognathus sp. (small)
• Peromyscus sp.
• Sylvilagus sp.
• Vespertilionidae

Last Update: 7 September 1998.