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Skylight Cave

AZ: Coconino Co.

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Skylight CaveAge. 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.

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Last Update: 13 Feb 2013