Warm Springs Number 1 (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Montana (46.2° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 112.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestriallithified

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. L. Rasmussen. 1974. New Quaternary mammal localities in the upper Clark Fork River valley, western Montana. Northwest Geology 3:62-70 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 162132: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 19.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Microtus cf. pennsylvanicus Ord 1815 meadow vole
Peromyscus cf. maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
"Lagurus curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus Cope 1868 sagebrush vole
 Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Cynomys ludovicianus Ord 1815 black-tailed prairie dog
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata
"Mustela frenata" = Neogale frenata Lichtenstein 1831 long-tailed weasel