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Luz Solar Trough Site, Daggett

San Bernardino Co.

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Location of Luz Solar Trough Site

Age. Late Wisconsin/Holocene, with a radiocarbon date of 10,910 ± 425 (Jefferson 1991a).

Fauna.

Dipsosaurus dorsalis—Desert Iguana (Jefferson 1991a)
Sauromalus ater—Common Chuckwalla (Jefferson 1991a)

Sauromalus obesus

Phrynosoma platyrhinos—Desert Horned Lizard (Jefferson 1991a)
Sceloporus sp.—Spiny Lizards (Jefferson 1991a)
Aspidoscelis sp.—Whiptails (Jefferson 1991a)

Cnemidophorus sp.

Lichanura trivirgata—Rosy Boa (Jefferson 1991a)
Ammospermophilus leucurus—White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Jefferson 1991b)
Xerospermophilus mohavensis—Mohave Ground Squirrel (Jefferson 1991b)

Spermophilus mohavensis

Xerospermophilus tereticaudus—Round-tailed Ground Squirrel(Jefferson 1991b)

Spermophilus tereticaudus

Chaetodipus/Perognathus sp.—Spiny or Silky Pocket Mice (Jefferson 1991b)

Perognathus sp.

Dipodomys sp.—Kangaroo rats( Jefferson 1991b)
Thomomys bottae—Botta's Pocket Gopher (Jefferson 1991b)
Microtus californicus—California Vole (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Neotoma lepida—Desert Woodrat (Jefferson 1991b)
Peromyscus sp.—Deer Mice (Jefferson 1991b)
Lepus californicus—Black-tailed Jack Rabbit (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Sylvilagus sp.—Cottontails (Jefferson 1991b)
Vulpes macrotis—Kit Fox (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)
Equus occidentalis—Western Horse (Jefferson 1991b: cf.)

Literature. Jefferson 1991a; Jefferson 1991b.

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Last Update: 28 Feb 2014