Where: Shasta County, California (40.8° N, 122.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 122.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rancholabrean mammal zone, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• radiocarbon dates from R. S. Feranec (2009)
Environment/lithology: cave
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collected by E. L. Furlong et al. in the 1878; 1902-1903; 1960s; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1904. The exploration of Potter Creek Cave. University of California Publication American Archaeology and Ethnology 2(1):1-27 [J. Bloch/R. Hulbert]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 155393: authorized by Jonathan Bloch, entered by Richard Hulbert on 10.04.2014, edited by Matthew Clapham, Patricia Holroyd and Mark Uhen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Myriapoda | |
Julus cavicola n. sp.4
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Gymnolaemata | |
Osteichthyes | |
Acipenser cf. medirostris Ayres 1854 sturgeon | |
Amphibia | |
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"Bufo boreas" = Anaxyrus boreas6
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Mammalia | |
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius
"Elephas primigenius" = Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach 1799 wooly mammoth | |
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Nothrotherium shastense n. sp.8
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Megalonyx cf. jeffersonii Desmarest 1822 Jefferson's ground sloth | |
"Scapanus californicus" = Scapanus latimanus
"Scapanus californicus" = Scapanus latimanus Bachman 1842 broad-footed mole | |
Canis latrans3, Canis lupus3, "Canis indianensis" = Aenocyon dirus, "Urocyon townsendi" = Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi, "Vulpes cascadensis" = Vulpes vulpes
"Canis indianensis" = Aenocyon dirus Leidy 1858 dire wolf
"Urocyon townsendi" = Urocyon cinereoargenteus townsendi Merriam 1899 gray fox
"Vulpes cascadensis" = Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
"Mephitis occidentalis" = Mephitis mephitis Schreber 1776 striped skunk | |
Bassariscus raptor ringtail | |
Taxidea sp. Waterhouse 1839 badger | |
"Arctotherium simum n. sp." = Arctodus simus, Ursus sp.
"Arctotherium simum n. sp." = Arctodus simus Cope 1879 giant short-faced bear
Ursus sp. Linnaeus 1758 bear | |
Lynx fasciatus lynx | |
cf. Platygonus sp. Leconte 1848 peccary | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
"Haplocerus montanus" = Oreamnos americanus, Euceratherium collinum n. gen. n. sp.8, Ovis sp.3, Bison sp.
"Haplocerus montanus" = Oreamnos americanus Blainville 1816 mountain goat
Bison sp. Hamilton-Smith 1827 bison | |
Odocoileus sp. Rafinesque 1832 New World deer | |
"Equus pacificus" = Equus mexicanus, "Equus occidentalis" = Equus mexicanus
"Equus pacificus" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse
"Equus occidentalis" = Equus mexicanus Hibbard 1955 horse | |
Lepus californicus, Lepus americanus3, Sylvilagus bachmani3, "Sylvilagus auduboni" = Sylvilagus audubonii3
Lepus californicus Gray 1837 black-tailed jackrabbit | |
"Aplodontia major" = Aplodontia rufa
"Aplodontia major" = Aplodontia rufa Rafinesque 1817 mountain beaver | |
"Eutamias senex" = Neotamias senex, "Arctomys sp." = Marmota, "Callospermophilus chrysodeirus" = Callospermophilus lateralis, "Sciurus hudsonicus" = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
"Eutamias senex" = Neotamias senex Allen 1890 chipmunk
"Arctomys sp." = Marmota Frisch 1775 marmot
"Callospermophilus chrysodeirus" = Callospermophilus lateralis Say 1823 golden-mantled ground squirrel
"Sciurus hudsonicus" = Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel | |
Neotoma fuscipes Baird 1858 dusky-footed woodrat
Microtus californicus Peale 1848 California vole | |
Thomomys leucodon pocket gopher
Thomomys monticola Allen 1893 mountain pocket gopher | |
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Antrozous pallidus Le Conte 1856 pallid bat | |
Reptilia | |
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle | |
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Aves | |
"Oreortyx picta" = Oreortyx pictus7
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"Colaptes cafer" = Colaptes auratus cafer7
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Cathartes aura7, "Gymnogyps amplus" = Gymnogyps californianus7, "Catharista shastensis n. sp." = Coragyps shastensis7, Coragyps occidentalis6
"Catharista shastensis n. sp." = Coragyps shastensis7 Miller 1911 vulture 8-15 individuals represented by 26 specimens
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