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 | |
Sylvilagus nuttallii Bachman 1837 mountain cottontail
Lepus townsendii Bachman 1839 white-tailed jackrabbit
Lepus americanus Erxleben 1777 snowshoe hare | |
Ochotona princeps Richardson 1828 American pika | |
Zapus princeps Allen 1893 jumping mouse | |
Neotoma cinerea, Arvicola richardsonii, Microtus pennsylvaniaus, "Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis, "Lagurus curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus, Peromyscus maniculatus
Neotoma cinerea Ord 1815 bushy-tailed woodrat
"Synaptomys borealis" = Synaptomys (Mictomys) borealis Richardson 1828 northern bog lemming
"Lagurus curtatus" = Lemmiscus curtatus Cope 1868 sagebrush vole
Peromyscus maniculatus Wagner 1843 deer mouse | |
Thomomys talpoides Richardson 1828 northern pocket gopher | |
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Spermophilus columbianus, Marmota flaviventris, Eutamias sp., Glaucomys sabrins
Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Erxleben 1777 American red squirrel
Spermophilus columbianus Ord 1815 Columbian ground squirrel
Marmota flaviventris Audubon and Bachman 1841 yellow-bellied marmot
Eutamias sp. Trouessart 1880 chipmunk
Glaucomys sabrins flying squirrel | |
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 | |
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor
"Felis concolor" = Puma concolor Linnaeus 1771 puma | |
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
Canis familiaris Linnaeus 1758 dog
Canis latrans Say 1823 coyote | |
Ursus arctos Linnaeus 1758 brown bear | |
Sorex cinereus Kerr 1792 cinereus shrew
Sorex palustris Richardson 1828 American water shrew |