Silver Creek Junction: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Mylodontidae
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Paramylodon cf. harlani
(Owen 1840)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus cf. columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx cf. canadensis
(Kerr 1792)
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Smilodon cf. floridanus
(Leidy 1889)
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= Smilodon cf. fatalis
Leidy 1868
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela vison
(Schreber 1777)
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recombined as Neogale vison | ||||||||||
Mustela ? erminea
Linnaeus 1758
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Taxidea taxus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis cf. dirus
Leidy 1858
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recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
confirmed by Nowak 1979 | ||||||||||
Canis ? latrans
Say 1823
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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large | ||||||||||
Equus ? conversidens
Owen 1869
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops cf. hesternus
(Leidy 1873)
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapra cf. americana
(Ord 1815)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison ? latifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex palustris
Richardson 1828
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Eutamias minimus
(Bachman 1839)
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= Neotamias minimus
Bachman 1839
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recombined as Eutamias minimus | ||||||||||
Spermophilus cf. armatus
Kennicott 1863
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Geomyidae
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Thomomys talpoides
(Richardson 1828)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Phenacomys intermedius
Merriam 1889
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Ondatra sp.
Link 1795
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Microtus montanus
(Peale 1848)
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Peromyscus maniculatus
(Wagner 1843)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Erethizontidae
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Erethizon ? dorsatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Sylvilagus idahoensis
(Merriam 1891)
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= Brachylagus cf. idahoensis
Merriam 1891
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Lepus cf. townsendii
Bachman 1839
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Summit |
Coordinates: | 40.9° North, 111.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 42.6° North, 103.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | interglacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:Sangamonian |
Metadata
Database number: | 20641 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2007-09-18 13:25:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1995-03-26 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
2589. | W. E. Miller. 1976. Late Pleistocene vertebrates of the Silver Creek local fauna from north Central Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 36(4) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |