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Tank Trap Wash

TX: El Paso Co.: 1340 m.

Age. Mid Wisconsin. Mid Wisconsin radiocarbon dates range from 32,000 ± 1700 to 42,000 +3600/-2500 BP (Van Devender et al. 1987).

General Description. Rock shelters in westernmost Hueco Mountains. Dates are on woodrat middens (Van Devender et al. 1987).

Age. Late Wisconsin. Tank Trap Wash 1:5 is radiocarbon dated at 19,610 ± 1150 (Van Devender et al. 1987).

Discussion. All of the faunal material comes from woodrat middens (Van Devender et al. 1987).

Fauna

Mid Wisconsin

†Mammuthus sp.—Mammoth (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Xerospermophilus spilosoma—Spotted Ground Squirrel (Van Devender et al. 1987) (cf.)
Dipodomys merriami/ordii—Merriam's or Ord's Kangaroo Rat (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Dipodomys spectabilis—Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Microtus sp.—Vole (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Neotoma leucodon—White-toothed Woodrat (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Onychomys sp.—Grasshopper Mouse (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Sylvilagus audubonii—Desert Cottontail (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Sylvilagus floridanus—Eastern Cottontail (Van Devender et al. 1987) (cf.)
Lepus sp.—Jackrabbit (Van Devender et al. 1987)
Antrozous pallidus—Pallid Bat (Van Devender et al. 1987)

Late Wisconsin:

Geomys bursarius—Plains Pocket Gopher (Van Devender et al. 1987)

Literature. Van Devender et al. 1987; Van Devender and Riskind 1979

Last Update: 3 May 2009