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Aden Fumerole UTEP 42

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NM: Doña Ana Co.: Ca. 1350 m

General Description.—Original description of site and fossil sloth in Lull, 1929.

Comments.—Non-sloth material may be Holocene.

Age.—Dates on sloth dung (11,140 ± 200, Y-1163B) and hide (9,840 ± 160, Y-1163A) reported by Simons and Alexander (1964) and repeated in Long and Martin (1974) and in Long, Hansen, and Martin (1974). Y-1163A thought to be affected by preservatives (Long and Martin 1974).

Publications.—Harris 1985; Kurtén and Anderson 1980; *Laudermilk and Munz 1934; Long and Martin 1974; Long, Hansen, and Martin 1974; *Lull 1929; *Simons and Alexander 1964.

Fauna.—

Age Taxon Common Name
Holocene Buteo Buteo Hawks
Late Wisconsin Nothrotheriops shastensis Shasta Ground Sloth
Holocene Canis latrans Coyote
?Late Wisconsin Ursus americanus Black Bear
Holocene Lynx rufus Bobcat
Holocene Odocoileus hemionus Mule Deer
Holocene Lepus californicus Black-tailed Jack Rabbit
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Last Update: 4 September 1998.