PBDB Collection

Silver Creek Junction (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Summit County, Utah (40.9° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 103.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: 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]more details

PaleoDB collection 20641: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• Sangamonian

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Mammalia
- Mylodontidae	Paramylodon cf. harlani Paramylodon cf. harlani Owen 1840 Harlan's ground sloth
Proboscidea - Elephantidae	Mammuthus cf. columbi Mammuthus cf. columbi Falconer 1857 Columbian mammoth
Carnivora - Mustelidae	Mustela ? erminea, "Mustela vison" = Neogale vison, Taxidea taxus Mustela ? erminea Linnaeus 1758 stoat "Mustela vison" = Neogale vison Schreber 1777 mink Taxidea taxus Schreber 1778 American badger
Carnivora - Canidae	Canis ? latrans, "Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Canis ? latrans Say 1823 coyote "Canis cf. dirus" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf confirmed by Nowak 1979
Carnivora - Felidae	Smilodon cf. fatalis, Lynx cf. canadensis Smilodon cf. fatalis Leidy 1868 saber-toothed cat Lynx cf. canadensis Kerr 1792 Canadian lynx
Perissodactyla - Equidae	Equus sp., Equus ? conversidens Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758 horse large Equus ? conversidens Owen 1869 horse
Artiodactyla - Camelidae	Camelops cf. hesternus Camelops cf. hesternus Leidy 1873 camel
Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae	Antilocapra cf. americana Antilocapra cf. americana Ord 1815 pronghorn
Artiodactyla - Bovidae	Bison ? latifrons Bison ? latifrons Harlan 1825 bison
Theriamorpha - Soricidae	Sorex palustris Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew
Lagomorpha - Leporidae	Lepus cf. townsendii, Brachylagus cf. idahoensis Lepus cf. townsendii Bachman 1839 white-tailed jackrabbit Brachylagus cf. idahoensis Merriam 1891 pygmy rabbit
Rodentia - Erethizontidae	Erethizon ? dorsatum Erethizon ? dorsatum Linnaeus 1758 North American porcupine
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Peromyscus maniculatus, Phenacomys intermedius, Ondatra sp., Microtus montanus Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse Phenacomys intermedius Merriam 1889 western heather vole Ondatra sp. Link 1795 muskrat Microtus montanus Peale 1848 montane vole
Rodentia - Sciuridae	"Neotamias minimus" = Eutamias minimus, Spermophilus cf. armatus "Neotamias minimus" = Eutamias minimus Bachman 1839 least chipmunk Spermophilus cf. armatus Kennicott 1863 ground squirrel
Rodentia - Geomyidae	Thomomys talpoides Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher