Also known as Locus A = "lower shelter and toe of talus cone"; Level II = "Component II"
Where: Mohave County, Arizona (35.2° N, 114.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 114.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Fauna recovered from cave fill sediments; details of stratigraphy were provided by Geib and Keller (2002); Level (Component) II associated with radiocarbon dates spanning 2050 yr B.P. and 1990 yr B.P. (Geib and Keller, 2002).
Environment/lithology: caveunlithified
Collection methods: quarrying,
• Screen mesh size reported by Geib and Keller (2002); specimens are curated in the Laboratory of Quaternary Paleontology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona (NAUQSP)
Primary reference: C. N. Jass. 2004. Mid to late Holocene mammals from Bighorn Cave, Arizona. The Southwestern Naturalist 49(1):75-82 [C. Bell/C. Bell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63709: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 18.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat | |
Ammospermophilus cf. harrisii antelope squirrel | |
Spilogale gracilis Merriam 1890 western spotted skunk | |
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep |