Merrell: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Montana
collected 1988, 1989

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Ondatra zibethicus (Linnaeus 1766)
Lemmiscus curtatus (Cope 1868)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilus sp. Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castor canadensis Kuhl 1820
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Canis lupus Linnaeus 1758
Canis latrans Say 1823
(1 measurement)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Homotherium serum (Cope 1893)
synonym of Homotherium latidens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
large
cf. Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
cf. Antilocapra americana (Ord 1815)
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelops sp. Leidy 1854
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Elephantidae
Mammuthus columbi (Falconer 1857)
Reptilia - Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anatidae indet. Vigors 1825
Olar buccinator Richardson 1832
original and current combination Cygnus buccinator
Anas cf. platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
cf. Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii indet. Cope 1887
"Osteichthyes" and compares "best with the Catosomitdae... and Cyprinidae"
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:Beaverhead
Coordinates: 44.6° North, 112.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 112.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "faunal remains were recovered from at least two ages" represented by stratum D ("ca. 27,000 BP and 22,000 BP") and stratum B and upper stratum A ("ca. 40,000 BP")
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fluvial indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:high glacial
Geology comments: "a stream, marsh, or lake setting" with "perennial, slow-moving water" based on the fauna
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1988, 1989
Collection method comments: Museum of the Rockies collection
Metadata
Database number:93182
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-06 19:02:05 Last modified:2010-01-06 21:02:05
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-06 19:02:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
31487. R. G. Dundas. 2005. The Late Pleistocene vertebrate fauna. In C. Hill, L. B. Davis (eds.), The Merrell Locality & Centennial Valley, Southwest Montana, Pleistocene Geology, Paleontology & Prehistoric Archaeology, Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resources Series No. 4, Montana State Office 79-90 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]