Morse Creek Number 1: Holocene, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Erethison dorsatum
Phenacomya intermedius
Mammalia - Primates - Hominidae
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona princeps (Richardson 1828)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777
Sylvilagus nuttallii (Bachman 1837)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Zapus princeps Allen 1893
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Neotoma cinerea (Ord 1815)
Microtus pennsylvaniaus
Arvicola richardsonii
Lagurus curtatus (Cope 1868)
recombined as Lemmiscus curtatus
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Synaptomys borealis (Richardson 1828)
recombined as Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben 1777)
Marmota flaviventris (Audubon and Bachman 1841)
Spermophilus columbianus (Ord 1815)
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880
Glaucomys sabrins
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys talpoides (Richardson 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)
Canis latrans Say 1823
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Felis concolor Linnaeus 1771
recombined as Puma concolor
Mammalia - Cervidae
Odocoileus hemionus (Rafinesque 1817)
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra americana (Ord 1815)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804
Bison bison (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana
Coordinates: 46.7° North, 113.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.7° North, 113.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:162133
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:C. Peredo
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-09-19 11:05:21 Last modified:2014-09-19 11:05:21
Access level:the public Released:2014-09-19 11:05:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

52801. D. L. Rasmussen. 1974. New Quaternary mammal localities in the upper Clark Fork River valley, western Montana. Northwest Geology 3:62-70 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]