Natural Trap Cave (Wisconsinan): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Wyoming
collected 1974 - 1985
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus sp.
Brookes 1828
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Panthera atrox
(Leidy 1853)
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recombined as Panthera leo atrox | ||||||||||
Felis trumani
Orr 1969
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= Miracinonyx trumani
Orr 1969
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Wang and Martin 1993 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustela sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Martes nobilis
(Hall 1926)
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Wang and Martin 1993 | |||||||||
synonym of Martes americana | ||||||||||
Gulo gulo
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Arctodus simus
(Cope 1879)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Canis dirus
Leidy 1858
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recombined as Aenocyon dirus | ||||||||||
Canis latrans
Say 1823
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Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Wang and Martin 1993 | |||||||||
Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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large and small forms | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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large | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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= Antilocapra americana
Ord 1815
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Wang and Martin 1993 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Ovis catclawensis
Hibbard and Wright 1956
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= Ovis canadensis
Shaw 1804
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Wang and Martin 1993 | |||||||||
Bootherium bombifrons
(Harlan 1825)
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Wang and Martin 1993 | |||||||||
Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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= Bison bison
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Marmota sp.
Frisch 1775
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Eutamias sp.
Trouessart 1880
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Microtus sp.
Schrank 1798
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Neotoma sp.
Say and Ord 1825
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Peromyscus sp.
Gloger 1841
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Lepus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Sylvilagus sp.
Gray 1867
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Big Horn |
Coordinates: | 45.0° North, 108.2° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 45.0° North, 108.2° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 1300 meters | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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
Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: dates include "12,770 +/- 900 radiocarbon years ago" and (on the immediately overstratum) "10,920 +/- 300 radiocarbon years ago" and excavations through 1975 went to a depth of 3 m |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Lithology description: "roof fall, eolian sediments, and bones" plus occasional "periods of rapid volcanic ash fall" (Wang and Martin 1993) | |
Environment: | cave |
Glacial or sequence phase: | late glacial |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some genera |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis | Collection dates: | 1974 - 1985 |
Collection method comments: KUVP collection |
Metadata
Database number: | 93181 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-01-06 16:18:39 | Last modified: | 2010-01-06 18:27:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-06 16:18:39 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
31486. | L. D. Martin, B. M. Gilbert, and D. B. Adams. 1977. A cheetah-like cat in the North American Pleistocene. Science 195:981-982 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
3553 | X. Wang and L. D. Martin. 1993. Natural Trap Cave. National Geographic Research & Exploration 9(4):422-435 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |