Main Menu   Sites

Tunnel Ridge Midden

CA: San Bernardino Co.

rule

Location of Tunnel Ridge

Age. Late Wisconsin, with radiocarbon dates of 12,670 ± 260 and 10,330 ± 300 yr BP (Jefferson 1991b).

Description. Woodrat midden, Whipple Mountains.

Fauna.

Anaxyrus punctatus—Red-spotted Toad (Jefferson 1991a)

Bufo punctatus

Aspidoscelis tigris—Western Whiptail (Jefferson 1991a)

Cnemidophorus tigris

Chionactis occipitalis—Western Shovel-nosed Snake (Jefferson 1991a)
Rhinocheilus lecontei—Long-nosed Snake (Jefferson 1991a)
Crotalus atrox—Diamondback Rattlesnake (Jefferson 1991a)
Dipodomys sp.—Kangaroo Rats (Jefferson 1991b)
Sylvilagus sp.—Cottontails (Jefferson 1991b)

Literature. Jefferson 1991a; Jefferson 1991b.

rule

Last Update: 19 Feb 2014