Morse Creek Number 1 (Holocene of the United States)
Where: Montana (46.7° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 113.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestriallithified
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. L. Rasmussen. 1974. New Quaternary mammal localities in the upper Clark Fork River valley, western Montana. Northwest Geology 3:62-70 [M. Uhen/C. Peredo]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 162133: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Carlos Peredo on 19.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Mammalia | |
Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 human | |
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare
Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839 white-tailed jackrabbit
Sylvilagus nuttallii Bachman 1837 mountain cottontail | |
Ochotona princeps Richardson 1828 American pika | |
Zapus princeps Allen 1893 jumping mouse | |
"Lagurus curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus, Peromyscus maniculatus, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis, Microtus pennsylvaniaus, Arvicola richardsonii, Neotoma cinerea
"Lagurus curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus Cope 1868 sagebrush vole
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
Neotoma cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat | |
Eutamias sp., Spermophilus columbianus, Marmota flaviventris, Glaucomys sabrins, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
Spermophilus columbianus Ord 1815 Columbian ground squirrel
Marmota flaviventris Audubon and Bachman 1841 yellow-bellied marmot
Glaucomys sabrins flying squirrel
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel | |
Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher | |
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew | |
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear | |
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog | |
Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 pronghorn | |
Bison bison Linnaeus 1758 American bison
Ovis canadensis Shaw 1804 bighorn sheep | |
Odocoileus hemionus Rafinesque 1817 mule deer
Cervus canadensis Erxleben 1777 elk |