Marmot Cave: NM: Sandoval Co. 2210 M.

General Description

Brasso and Emslie 2006. Approximately 100 m north of Sandia Cave (which see). Also known as Davis Cave.

Age

Brasso and Emslie (2006) report a date on Gymnogyps californianus of 10,795 ± 50 (CAMS 123881) or 25,090 ± 220 (CAMS 123916) [One of these dates is from Sandia Cave and one from Marmot Cave; however, which belongs to which cave is uncertain from the publication since the abstract gives one result and the text the other.]

Paleoenvironment

Similar to that at Sandia Cave (Brasso and Emslie 2006).

Publications

*Brasso and Emslie 2006; (Thompson, J. C., and G. Morgan, 2001).

Fauna

AVES

• Gymnogyps californianus Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Accipitridae Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Dendragapus obscurus Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Meleagris gallopavo Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Charadriiformes Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Colaptes auratus Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Pica hudsonia Brasso and Emslie 2006
• Passeriformes Brasso and Emslie 2006

Last Update: 11 Jan 2007