FHSM VP-10534
Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte, 1827)

Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Centrocercus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
urophasianus
Class
Aves
Author
Bonaparte
Order
Galliformes
Year
1827
Family
Phasianidae
Collected by
Nelson, M.E.
Date Collected
1988-06-10
Identified By
Beasley, B.A.
Date Identified
1990-11-30
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Limb; Tarsometatarsus, distal end; left

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Utah
County
Summit
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Formation
Member
Unit VI
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Blonquist Rock Shelter

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Cenozoic
Latest Era
Cenozoic
Earliest Period
Quaternary
Latest Period
Quaternary
Earliest Epoch
Pleistocene
Latest Epoch
Pleistocene
Earliest Age
Middle
Latest Age
Upper
Lowest Zone
Rancholabrean
Highest Zone
Rancholabrean

Publications (1 of 1)

Liggett, G.A., Nelson, M.E.. 1993. Vertebrate taphonomy of the Blonquist Rockshelter (Pleistocene-Holocene) Summit County, Utah: a case for raptorial accumulation of bones. The Compass, 70:116-121