Smith Creek Cave (Pinkish Silt Stratum) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Millard County, Utah (39.3° N, 114.0° W: paleocoordinates 39.4° N, 114.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Rancholabrean (0.3 - 0.0 Ma)

• age unclear, but possibly Pliocene, because type material of Capricamelus is late Blancan

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; red siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Nevada State Museum specimen

Primary reference: D. P. Whistler and S. D. Webb. 2005. New goatlike camelid from the Late Pliocene of Tecopa Lake Basin, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 503:1-40 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70126: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.03.2007, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• not to be confused with the well-known late Pleistocene Smith Creek Cave collections from Nevada described by Miller (1979) and others
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lemmiscus sp.1
Lemmiscus sp.1 Thomas 1912 mouse
"recovered from excavation backdirt" and "presumably Pleistocene... possibly from the reddish brown silt unit"
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Oreamnos harringtoni n. sp.2
Oreamnos harringtoni n. sp.2 Stock 1936 mountain goat
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Capricamelus gettyi
Capricamelus gettyi Whistler and Webb 2005 camel
26WP46/45
1Bell and Mead 1998; 2Stock 1936