New Mexican site information been gathered from the literature (especially Morgan and Lucas, 2005 for New Mexican open sites—that is, non-cave sites) and personal experience with many of the UTEP collection sites. The Arizona site data are entirely from the literature, relying heavily on Morgan and White ,2005 for late Blancan faunas.
Each site has a brief location description, many have comments, and a list of taxa recovered from the site is given. The "Literature" does not pretend to be complete, but should be sufficient to allow the reader to access further information. The literature source for each taxon is not given here since sources are available in the taxonomic accounts.
Where the taxonomy has changed, the currently accepted names are listed; the taxonomic accounts include synonyms that have been used in the Pleistocene faunal literature. Taxa represented in the UTEP Paleobiology Collection that have either not appeared in the literature or have appeared only in lists without being attributed are indicated by the UTEP acronym.
Some of the sites have only one or two taxa at the generic level recorded; sites documenting the presence of unidentified horses (Equus sp.) or of mammoths (Mammuthus sp. and Mammuthus columbi) are of interest in documenting the distribution of these genera, but such sites are of distinctly lesser general utility than sites with rarer taxa and sites where there is a larger fauna. To save the reader the necessity of opening such sites when more specific data are desired, these sites will be marked "E" where only Equus sp. occurs and "M" where only Mammuthus sp. or M. columbi occurs (in many cases where the original publication lists Mammuthus sp., M. columbi is listed in this work—see the Mammuthus account).
As with other portions of this work, many sites will be updated through time; the "Update" pages will note when significant changes occur.
Map of Arizona showing counties and distribution of Pleistocene sites within the state.
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Adamana (M) Anaconda Pit (E) Ash Canyon (M) Bain Site (M) Bear Butte (E) Big Tooth (M) Billy(E) Black Mountain (M) Black Point (M) Bowie (M) Calera Ranch (M) Cameron (M) Cartridge (M) |
Cylinder Cave (M) Donnet (M) Ehrenberg (M) Elgin School (M) Empire South(E) Escapule (M) Fort McDowell (M) Gardner Gravel (M) Goodwater Wash (M) Granite Creek (M) Gray (M) Guenther Mammoth (M) Hereford Dairy (M) Hurley (M) Jarrett (M) Joseph City(E) Kelton (M) Leikum (M) |
Lopez (M) Lynx Creek (E) Mammoth (M) Morris Gravel (M) Morrow (M) Mosan Wash (M) NE Bowie (M) Pettit (M) Pirtleville (M) Pomerene West (M) Porter Springs (M) Safford (M) San Simon (M) San Simon Creek (M) |
Sells (M) Shill Ranch (M) Shoulder (M) Solomon (M) Sonoita Creek (M) Tombstone Gulch (M) Tsegi Canyon (M) Wakefield (M) Walnut Grove (M) Whipple Gravels (E) Whitlock Valley (M) Winslow (M) Woodruff (M) Wupatki Monument (M) Yuma (M) |
Map of New Mexico showing counties.
| New Mexico Sites | |||
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Albert (M) Anderson Basin/Circus Basin/Elephant Tusk Basin Animal Fair Room, Hampton Court, Charlies Parlor, Dry Cave Balcony on Lost Valley, Dry Cave Balcony Room, Dry Cave Beyond Bison Chamber, Dry Cave Bison Chamber, Dry Cave Camel Room, Dry Cave Capitan (M) Carrizozo (M) Ceremonial Cave (M) Circus Route, Dry Cave |
Corona (M) Datil (M) Deming (M) Denton Ranch (E) Fort Stanton (M) Fort Sumner (M) Fourmile Draw (M) Fresnal Canyon (E) Green's Gap (M) Harris' Pocket, Dry Cave Human Corridor, Dry Cave Laguna (E) |
Las Vegas (M) Lordsburg Draw (M) Lost Valley, Dry Cave Milagro (M) Pajarito Creek (M) Pajarito Springs (E) Peña Blanca (M) Picuris (M) Pit N & W Animal Fair, Dry Cave Quarai (M) Quay (M) Rick's Cenote, Dry Cave Rincon Arroyo (E) Room of the Vanishing Floor, Dry Cave Sabertooth Camel Maze, Dry Cave |
Santa Fe (M) SLP 1, Sierra de los Pinos/Palo Duro Canyon South Chimney, Dry Cave Stalag 17, Dry Cave Test Trench II (TT II), Dry Cave Vadito (M) Youngsville (M) |
Map of Trans-Pecos Texas showing counties.
| Trans-Pecos Texas Sites | |||
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Toyah (M) |
Last Update: 26 Apr 2013