High-elevation late Pleistocene (MIS 6-5) vertebrate faunas from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 504-517

  Sertich, Joseph J W ^a   Stucky, Richard K ^a   McDonald, H Gregory ^a,b   Newton, Cody ^a,c   Fisher, Daniel C ^a,d   Scott, Eric ^e   Demboski, John R ^a   Lucking, Carol ^a   McHorse, Brianna K ^f   Davis, Edward B ^g  

^a DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e San Bernardino County Museum   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Pleistocene; Rancholabrean; Snowmass Village; Vertebrate faunas; Ziegler Reservoir fossil site

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; LIFE CYCLE; MAMMALS; RURAL AREAS;

PLEISTOCENE; RANCHOLABREAN; SNOWMASS VILLAGE; VERTEBRATE FAUNAS; ZIEGLER RESERVOIR FOSSIL SITE;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; LIFE CYCLE; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

COLORADO; SNOWMASS CANYON; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AVES; BISON; MAMMALIA; MAMMUT AMERICANUM; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84926180430     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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