Prospects Shelter

Prospects Shelter

WY: BIG HORN CO. CA. 1400 M.

Age.—16,272 ± 8.5% thermoluminescent (MATL-29); 10,005 ± 14.9% (MATL) immediately antedates last Dicrostonyx record. Walker (1987) divides faunal material into full glacial (16,272-27,000 BP) and late glacial (10,000 - 13,500 BP)

Publications.—Chomko 1978; Harris 1985; Mears 1981; Walker 1982b, 1987.

Fauna.—Walker's lists are given first below, followed by more general.

16,272 - 27,000 BP

MAMMALIA

• Sorex merriami Walker 1987;
• Myotis sp. Walker 1987;
• Ochotona princeps Walker 1987;
• Sylvilagus sp. Walker 1987;
• Lepus sp. Walker 1987;
• Tamias minimus Walker 1987;
• Tamias sp. (implication that different species than above) Walker 1987;
• Marmota flaviventris Walker 1987;
• Marmota caligata Walker 1987;
• Spermophilus elegans Walker 1987;
• Cynomys sp. Walker 1987;
• Thomomys sp. Walker 1987;
• Perognathus sp. Walker 1987;
• Peromyscus sp. Walker 1987;
• Neotoma cinerea Walker 1987;
• Phenacomys intermedius Walker 1987;
• Microtus pennsvlvanicus Walker 1987;
• Microtus montanus Walker 1987;
• Microtus xanthognathus Walker 1987;
• Microtus ochrogaster Walker 1987;
• Microtus richardsoni Walker 1987;
• Lagurus curtatus Walker 1987;
• Synaptomys borealis Walker 1987;
• Dicrostonyx torquatus Walker 1987;
• Canis 1upus Walker 1987;
• Canis dirus Walker 1987;
• Vulpes vulpes Walker 1987;
• Mustela sp. Walker 1987;
• Taxidea taxus Walker 1987;
• Equus sp. Walker 1987;
• Camelops sp. Walker 1987;
• Anti1ocapra americana Walker 1987;
• Bison bison ssp. Walker 1987;
• Ovis canadensis catclawensis Walker 1987;
• Bootherium bombifrons (as Symbos sp.) Walker 1987;

10,000 - 13,500 BP

MAMMALIA

• Sorex merriami Walker 1987;
• Myotis sp. Walker 1987;
• Tamias sp. Walker 1987;
• Spermophilus sp. Walker 1987;
• Thomomys sp. Walker 1987;
• Perognathus sp. Walker 1987;
• Peromyscus sp. Walker 1987;
• Neotoma cinerea Walker 1987;
• Phenacomys intermedius Walker 1987;
• Microtus montanus Walker 1987;
• Microtus xanthognathus Walker 1987;
• Microtus ochrogaster Walker 1987;
• Lagurus curtatus Walker 1987;
• Synaptomvs borealis Walker 1987;
• Dicrostonyx torquatus Walker 1987;
• Canis 1upus Walker 1987;
• Mustela sp. Walker 1987;
• Taxidea taxus Walker 1987;
• Odocoileus hemionus Walker 1987;
• Equus conversidens Walker 1987;
• Bison bison ssp. Walker 1987;
• Ovis canadensis catclawensis Walker 1987;

MAMMALIA

• Ochotona princeps Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Phenacomys cf. intermedius Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Microtus pennsvlvanicus Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Lagurus curtatus Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Dicrostonyx torquatus Chomko, 1978; Harris 1985;
• Canis lupus Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Arctodus simus Harris 1985;
• Equus sp. Chomko, 1978; Harris 1985;
• Camelops cf. hesternus Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Antilocapra americana Harris 1985;
• Bison bison Harris 1985; Mears 1981;
• Ovis cf. canadensis catclawensis Chomko, 1978;
• Bootherium bombifrons (as Symbos sp. Harris 1985; Mears 1981 (as Ovibovini indet.);

Unaccepted Records.—Arctodus simus— listed in the table by Walker (1987), text states that known only from Natural Trap and Little Box Elder in Wyoming.

Last Update: 6 September 1998.