Age. Late Wisconsin; a radiocarbon date on condor bones gave an age of 11,345 ± 130 BP (Emslie 1988).
General Description. A small cave in the Grand Canyon some 35 m above the Colorado River (Mead et al. 2005).
Fauna.
Anas clypeata—Northern Shoveler (Emslie 1988)
Podiceps nigricollis—Black-necked Grebe (Emslie 1988)
Podilymbus podiceps—Pied-billed Grebe (Emslie 1988)
Gymnogyps californianus—California Condor (Emslie 1988)
Recurvirostra americana—American avocet (Emslie 1988)
Falco sparverius—American Kestrel (Emslie 1988)
†Oreamnos harringtoni—Harrington's Mountain Goat (Mead and Lawler 1994)
Literature. Emslie 1988; Mead and Lawler 1994; Mead et al. 2005.
Last Update: 13 Feb 2013