Gypsum Room (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as CM loc. 1926

Where: Park County, Colorado (39.3° N, 105.7° W: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 105.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. D. Barnosky and D. L. Rasmussen. 1988. Middle Pleistocene arvicoline rodents and environmental change at 2900-meters elevation, Porcupine Cave, South Park, Colorado. Annals of Carnegie Museum 57(12):267-292 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 20349: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Marmota cf. flaviventris3, "Neotamias cf. minimus" = Eutamias minimus3, Spermophilus sp.
Marmota cf. flaviventris3 Audubon and Bachman 1841 yellow-bellied marmot
"Neotamias cf. minimus" = Eutamias minimus3 Bachman 1839 least chipmunk
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lemmiscus curtatus1, Neotoma sp., Neotoma cinerea, "Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis1
Lemmiscus curtatus1 Cope 1868 sagebrush vole
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
small
Neotoma cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis1 Hibbard 1944 vole
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus audubonii4, Lepus townsendii4
Sylvilagus audubonii4 Baird 1858 desert cottontail
Lepus townsendii4 Bachman 1839 white-tailed jackrabbit
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Taxidea taxus2
Taxidea taxus2 Schreber 1778 American badger
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Spilogale putorius2
Spilogale putorius2 Linnaeus 1758 eastern spotted skunk
1Alroy 2002; 2Anderson 1996; 3Goodwin 1999; 4Ramos 1999