PBDB Collection

Velvet Room: Irvingtonian, Colorado

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

	Ochotona cf. princeps (Richardson 1828)
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae

	Sylvilagus idahoensis (Merriam 1891)
	= Brachylagus coloradoensis Ramos 1999	Ramos 1999

	Lepus sp. Linnaeus 1758
	= Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839	Ramos 1999

	Sylvilagus sp. Gray 1867
	= Sylvilagus audubonii Baird 1858	Ramos 1999
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

	Neotoma sp. Say and Ord 1825
	small

	Neotoma cinerea (Ord 1815)

	Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord 1815)
	= Microtus sp. Schrank 1798	Bell and Barnosky 2000

	Pitymys meadensis Hibbard 1944
	= Terricola meadensis Hibbard 1944	Alroy 2002
	recombined as Microtus meadensis

	Lagurus curtatus (Cope 1868)
	(1 measurement)
	= Lemmiscus curtatus Cope 1868	Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

	Tamiasciurus sp. Trouessart 1880
	= Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777	Goodwin 1999

	Cynomys sp. Rafinesque 1817

	Marmota sp. Frisch 1775
	= Marmota cf. flaviventris Audubon and Bachman 1841	Goodwin 1999

	Tamias minimus Bachman 1839
	= Neotamias cf. minimus Bachman 1839	Goodwin 1999
	recombined as Eutamias minimus
	"Eutamias sp."

	Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
	= Spermophilus cf. elegans Kennicott 1863	Goodwin 2002
	recombined as Urocitellus elegans
	present in CMNH, DMNH, and Will's Hole collections; may include "S. lateralis" from "lower" horizon in the Velvet Room of Goodwin 1999, which is not the main level

	Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

	Thomomys sp. Wied-Neuwied 1839
Mammalia - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

	Erethizon sp. Cuvier 1822
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

	Vulpes cf. vulpes (Linnaeus 1758)	Anderson 1996

	Vulpes velox (Say 1823)	Anderson 1996

	Canis latrans Say 1823

	Urocyon cinereoargenteus (Schreber 1775)	Anderson 1996
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae

	Taxidea taxus (Schreber 1778)	Anderson 1996

	Martes diluviana (Cope 1889)	Anderson 1996
	recombined as Pekania diluviana

	Martes sp. Frisch 1775	Anderson 1996

	Martes sp. Frisch 1775	Anderson 1996

	Mustela sp. Linnaeus 1758	Anderson 1996

	Mustela erminea Linnaeus 1758	Anderson 1996

	Mustela nigripes (Audubon and Bachman 1851)	Anderson 1996
	original and current combination Putorius nigripes
	(1 measurement)

	Mustela vison (Schreber 1777)	Anderson 1996
	recombined as Neogale vison

	Mustela frenata Lichtenstein 1831	Anderson 1996
	recombined as Neogale frenata
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae

	Spilogale putorius (Linnaeus 1758)	Anderson 1996

	Brachyprotoma obtusata (Cope 1899)	Anderson 1996
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae

	Lynx rufus (Schreber 1777)	Anderson 1996
Mammalia - Camelidae

	Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
see common names

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
Size of fossils:	macrofossils,mesofossils

Collection methods and comments

Taxonomic list comments:does not include Mark's Sink sublocality (see)

Metadata

Also known as:	CM loc. 1927; Will's Hole
Database number:	20559
Authorizer:	J. Alroy	Enterer:	J. Alroy
Modifier:	J. Alroy	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2000-05-19 00:00:00	Last modified:	2009-07-15 18:35:43
Access level:	the public	Released:	2000-05-19 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

1022.

A. D. Barnosky and D. L. Rasmussen. 1988. Middle Pleistocene arvicoline rodents and environmental change at 2900-meters elevation, Porcupine Cave, South Park, Colorado. Annals of Carnegie Museum 57(12):267-292 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294		J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
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]
1055		C. J. Bell and A. D. Barnosky. 2000. The microtine rodents from the Pit locality in Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(2):93-134 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
1686		H. T. Goodwin. 1999. Sciurid rodents from Porcupine Cave, Park Co., Colorado: Irvingtonian diversity and faunal dynamics. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):47A [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]
6088		H. T. Goodwin. 2002. Spermophilus elegans (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from the middle Pleistocene of Colorado and the origin of the Spermophilus richardsonii group. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):182-185 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
2827		C. N. Ramos. 1999. An Irvingtonian species of Brachylagus (mammalia: Lagomorpha) from Porcupine Cave, Park County, Colorado. Great Basin Naturalist 59(2):151-159 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]