Stalag 17

Stalag 17, Dry Cave UTEP 23

NM: EDDY CO.

General Description.—Chamber off of Entrance Fissure of Dry Cave; Station 17 of Burnet. Deposits spilling from and closing the fissure. In 1971, connected to Entrance Chamber by a test pit. Apparent contact between Holocene and Pleistocene deposits within.

Age.—¹⁴C date of 11,880 ± 250 (I-5987) on charcoal.

Publications.—Buckley 1973; Harris 1977b, 1978, 1985, 1989.

Fauna.—

AMPHIBIA

• Ambystoma tigrinum UTEP

AVES

• Anas ? discors UTEP
• Anas sp. (size A. acuta UTEP
• Cathartes aura (poss. Holocene level) UTEP
• Coragyps occidentalis UTEP
• Tympanuchus pallidicinctus UTEP
• Cf. Callipepla sp. UTEP
• ? Actitis sp. UTEP
• Athene cunicularia UTEP
• Colaptes auratus UTEP
• Cf. Pipilo erythrophthalmus UTEP
• Corvus corax UTEP

MAMMALIA

• Sorex merriami Harris 1985;
• Sylvilagus ? floridanus UTEP
• Sylvilagus nuttallii Harris 1985; UTEP
• Sylvilagus audubonii UTEP
• [Lepus sp. Harris 1985]
• Lepus townsendii UTEP
• Thomomys cf. bottae UTEP
• Peromyscus sp. UTEP
• Onychomys leucogaster UTEP
• Cratogeomys castanops Harris 1985; UTEP
• Neotoma floridana Harris 1985; UTEP (cf);
• Neotoma cinerea Harris 1985; UTEP
• [Microtus cf. longicaudus Harris 1985]
• Microtus longicaudus UTEP
• Microtus mexicanus Harris 1985; UTEP
• Microtus ochrogaster Harris 1985; UTEP
• Lemmiscus curtatus Harris 1985; UTEP
• Canis latrans UTEP
• Canis lupus UTEP
• Vulpes sp. Harris 1985; UTEP
• Equus alaskae Harris 1985; UTEP
• Equus laurentius Harris 1985; UTEP
• Camelops hesternus Harris 1985; UTEP
• Odocoileus ? hemionus Harris 1985; UTEP
• Cf. Antilcapra americana UTEP
• Cf. Capromeryx sp. UTEP

Last Update: 23 August 1998.