Where: Big Horn County, Wyoming (45.0° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 45.0° N, 108.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• dates include "12,770 +/- 900 radiocarbon years ago" and (on the immediately overstratum) "10,920 +/- 300 radiocarbon years ago" and excavations through 1975 went to a depth of 3 m
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: cave; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected in 1974 - 1985
Collection methods: quarrying
• KUVP collection
Primary reference: L. D. Martin, B. M. Gilbert, and D. B. Adams. 1977. A cheetah-like cat in the North American Pleistocene. Science 195:981-982 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 93181: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 06.01.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammuthus sp. Brookes 1828 mammoth | |
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Marmota sp. Frisch 1775 marmot
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880 chipmunk | |
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Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse
Microtus sp. Schrank 1798 vole | |
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Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867 cottontail rabbit
Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758 hare | |
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Arctodus simus Cope 1879 giant short-faced bear | |
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Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel
Gulo gulo Linnaeus 1758 wolverine
"Martes nobilis" = Martes americana Kerr 1792 American marten | |
Miracinonyx trumani, "Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox
Miracinonyx trumani Orr 1969 American cheetah
"Panthera atrox" = Panthera leo atrox Leidy 1853 lion | |
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Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758 gray wolf
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
"Canis dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
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Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep
Bootherium bombifrons Harlan 1825 antelope
Bison bison Linnaeus 1758 American bison | |
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Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
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Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
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