Age. Late Wisconsin (Springer et al. 2011).
Description. The deposits were originally described as lacustrine sediments (Reynolds et al. 1991a), but later work indicates that the deposits were a result of ground water discharge (high levels of ground water intersecting the terrane surface [Springer et al. 2011]).
Fauna.
Anaxyrus sp.—American True Toads (Springer et al. 2011: cf.)
cf. Bufo sp.
Hyla sp.—Treefrogs (Springer et al. 2011)
†Mammuthus columbi—Columbian Mammoth (Reynolds et al. 1991)
Dipodomys sp.—Kangaroo Rats (Springer et al. 2011)
Thomomys sp.—Western Pocket Gophers (Springer et al. 2011: cf. gen.)
Peromyscus sp.—Deer Mice (Springer et al. 2011)
Neotoma sp.—Wood Rats (Springer et al. 2011)
Lepus sp.—Jack Rabbits (Reynolds et al. 1991)
Canis latrans—Coyote (Reynolds et al. 1991: cf.)
†Equus sp.—Horses (Springer et al. 2011)
Given as Equus cf. conversidens by Reynolds et al. (1991), but has been shown to not have a diagnostic character of E. conversidens (Springer et al. 2011).
†Camelops sp.—American Camels (Reynolds et al. 1991)
†Hemiauchenia sp.—American Llamas (Reynolds et al. 1991)
Literature. Reynolds et al. 1991; Springer et al. 2011.
Last Update: 25 May 2014