Also known as Alamosa
Where: Alamosa County, Colorado (37.4° N, 105.8° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 105.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Alamosa Formation, Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fine channel fill; sandstone
Size class: mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
Primary reference: K. L. Rogers, C. A. Repenning, R. M. Forester, E. E. Larson, S. A. Hall, G. R. Smith, E. Anderson and T. J. Brown. 1985. Middle Pleistocene (late Irvingtonian: Nebraskan) climatic changes in south-central Colorado. National Geograpic Research 1(4):535-563 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 20359: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Ambystoma tigrinum Green 1825 tiger salamander | |
Rana catesbeiana Shaw 1802 American bullfrog | |
Bufo sp. Laurenti 1768 toad
Bufo cognatus toad | |
"Scaphiopus bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons
"Scaphiopus bombifrons" = Spea bombifrons Cope 1863 Plains spadefoot | |
Mammalia | |
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus
"Equus cf. scotti" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse | |
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Neotoma ozarkensis Brown 1908 pack rat
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole | |
Geomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 pocket gopher | |
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii
"Spermophilus richardsonii" = Urocitellus richardsonii Sabine 1822 Holarctic ground squirrel | |
Reptilia | |
Holbrookia maculata lesser earless lizard | |
Thamnophis sp. Fitzinger 1843 garter snake
Heterodon nasicus Baird and Girard 1852 western hognose snake |