Merrell: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Montana
collected 1988, 1989
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Reptilia
- Anseriformes
- Anatidae
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Anatidae indet.
Vigors 1825
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Olar buccinator
Richardson 1832
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original and current combination Cygnus buccinator | ||||||||||
Anas cf. platyrhynchos
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Elephantidae
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Mammuthus columbi
(Falconer 1857)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Homotherium serum
(Cope 1893)
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synonym of Homotherium latidens | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Canis latrans
Say 1823
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(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
Canis lupus
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelops sp.
Leidy 1854
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervidae indet.
Gray 1821
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large | ||||||||||
cf. Odocoileus sp.
Rafinesque 1832
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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cf. Antilocapra americana
(Ord 1815)
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison sp.
Hamilton-Smith 1827
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilus sp.
Cuvier 1825
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor canadensis
Kuhl 1820
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Lemmiscus curtatus
(Cope 1868)
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Ondatra zibethicus
(Linnaeus 1766)
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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cf. Rana sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Actinopterygii
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Actinopterygii indet.
Cope 1887
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"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] |