Salamander Cave (Pleistocene of the United States)
Also known as Horse Room
Where: Custer County, South Dakota (43.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 102.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Irvingtonian (1.8 - 0.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: J. I. Mead, C. Manganaro, C. A. Repenning and L. D. Agenbroad. 1996. Early Rancholabrean mammals from Salamander Cave, Black Hills, South Dakota. In K. M. Stewart, K. L. Seymour (eds.), Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher 458-482 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details
PaleoDB collection 20503: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
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Taxonomic list
• speleothem for level 3 dated at 323 +/- 64 ka (U series); bone from overlying level 2 dated at 252 +/- 30 ka (230Th); fossils are from level 2
generically identifiable NISP 103
generically identifiable NISP 103
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Lepus cf. americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare | |
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis, Microtus paroperarius, Neotoma sp., Peromyscus sp., Mictomys sp.
"Terricola meadensis" = Microtus meadensis Hibbard 1944 vole
Microtus paroperarius Hibbard 1944 vole
Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825 pack rat
Peromyscus sp. Gloger 1841 deer mouse | |
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Cynomys (Leucocrossuromys) sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog
Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817 prairie dog
cf. Spermophilus (Spermophilus) sp. Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
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Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839 pocket gopher | |
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Camelops sp. Leidy 1854 camel | |
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Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
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Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758 weasel | |
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus
"Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf | |