Silver Creek Junction: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Mylodontidae
Paramylodon cf. harlani (Owen 1840)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus cf. columbi (Falconer 1857)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Lynx cf. canadensis (Kerr 1792)
Smilodon cf. floridanus (Leidy 1889)
    = Smilodon cf. fatalis Leidy 1868
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustela vison (Schreber 1777)
recombined as Neogale vison
Mustela ? erminea Linnaeus 1758
Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1778)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis cf. dirus Leidy 1858
recombined as Aenocyon dirus
confirmed by Nowak 1979
Canis ? latrans Say 1823
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
large
Equus ? conversidens Owen 1869
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops cf. hesternus (Leidy 1873)
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapra cf. americana (Ord 1815)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison ? latifrons (Harlan 1825)
Mammalia - Soricidae
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Eutamias minimus (Bachman 1839)
    = Neotamias minimus Bachman 1839
Alroy 2002
recombined as Eutamias minimus
Spermophilus cf. armatus Kennicott 1863
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Thomomys talpoides (Richardson 1828)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889
Ondatra sp. Link 1795
Microtus montanus (Peale 1848)
Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner 1843)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae
Erethizon ? dorsatum (Linnaeus 1758)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Sylvilagus idahoensis (Merriam 1891)
    = Brachylagus cf. idahoensis Merriam 1891
Alroy 2002
Lepus cf. townsendii Bachman 1839
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]