Silver Creek Junction (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Summit County, Utah (40.9° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 103.1° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: W. E. Miller. 1976. Late Pleistocene vertebrates of the Silver Creek local fauna from north Central Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 36(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 20641: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Sangamonian
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Mammalia | |
Antilocapra cf. americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
Bison ? latifrons Harlan 1825 bison | |
Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel | |
Equus ? conversidens Owen 1869 horse | |
Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
Mustela ? erminea Linnaeus 1758 stoat
"Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink | |
Smilodon cf. fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat
Lynx cf. canadensis Kerr 1792 Canadian lynx | |
Canis ? latrans, "Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
Canis ? latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew | |
"Brachylagus cf. idahoensis" = Sylvilagus idahoensis, Lepus cf. townsendii
"Brachylagus cf. idahoensis" = Sylvilagus idahoensis Merriam 1891 pygmy rabbit
Lepus cf. townsendii Bachman 1839 white-tailed jackrabbit | |
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole
Microtus montanus Peale 1848 montane vole
Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse | |
"Neotamias minimus" = Eutamias minimus, Spermophilus cf. armatus
"Neotamias minimus" = Eutamias minimus Bachman 1839 least chipmunk
Spermophilus cf. armatus Kennicott 1863 ground squirrel | |
Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher | |
Erethizon ? dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine | |
Mammuthus cf. columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth | |
Paramylodon cf. harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth |