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

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