Also known as Locus A = "lower shelter and toe of talus cone"
Where: Mohave County, Arizona (35.2° N, 114.4° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 114.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
• Fauna recovered from cave fill sediments; details of stratigraphy and level designations were provided by Geib and Keller (2002); "general" designation is for materials without clear affiliation with recognized Components (see PBDB collections 63708-63711)
Environment/lithology: caveunlithified
Collection methods: salvage, surface (float),
• 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. 2002. Preliminary taphonomic analyses of the mammalian microfauna. Pp. 179-190 in Bighorn Cave: Test Excavations of a Stratified Dry Shelter Mohave County, Arizona (P. R. Geib, and D. R. Keller, eds.). Bilby Research Center Occasional Papers 1 (Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona). [C. Bell/C. Bell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63712: authorized by Chris Bell, entered by Chris Bell on 18.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat | |
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820 American beaver | |
Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher
Thomomys cf. bottae Eydoux and Gervais 1836 Botta's pocket gopher | |
Sylvilagus audubonii Baird 1858 desert cottontail
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
Spilogale gracilis Merriam 1890 western spotted skunk
cf. Spilogale gracilis Merriam 1890 western spotted skunk | |
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep
cf. Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep |