Crystal Room: Irvingtonian, Colorado
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Taxidea taxus
(Schreber 1778)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Lynx rufus
(Schreber 1777)
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Marmota sp.
Frisch 1775
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Colorado | County: | Park |
| Coordinates: | 39.3° North, 105.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.3° North, 105.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Irvingtonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 1.40000 - 0.21000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
Metadata
| Database number: | 20300 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-05-19 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 949. | E. Anderson. 1996. A preliminary report on the Carnivora of Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado. In K. M. Stewart, K. L. Seymour (eds.), Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironments of late Cenozoic mammals: Tributes to the career of C.S. (Rufus) Churcher 259-282 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen] |