Summary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume : A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6–4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA

dc.contributor.authorMiller, Ian M.
dc.contributor.authorPigati, Jeffrey S.
dc.contributor.authorScott Anderson, R.
dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Kirk R.
dc.contributor.authorMahan, Shannon A.
dc.contributor.authorAger, Thomas A.
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Richard G.
dc.contributor.authorBlaauw, Maarten
dc.contributor.authorBright, Jordon
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Peter M.
dc.contributor.authorBryant, Bruce
dc.contributor.authorCalamari, Zachary T.
dc.contributor.authorCarrara, Paul E.
dc.contributor.authorCherney, Michael D.
dc.contributor.authorDemboski, John R.
dc.contributor.authorElias, Scott A.
dc.contributor.authorFisher, Daniel C.
dc.contributor.authorGray, Harrison J.
dc.contributor.authorHaskett, Danielle R.
dc.contributor.authorHonke, Jeffrey S.
dc.contributor.authorJackson, Stephen T.
dc.contributor.authorJiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorKline, Douglas
dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Eric M.
dc.contributor.authorLifton, Nathaniel A.
dc.contributor.authorLucking, Carol
dc.contributor.authorGregory McDonald, H.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Dane M.
dc.contributor.authorMuhs, Daniel R.
dc.contributor.authorNash, Stephen E.
dc.contributor.authorNewton, Cody
dc.contributor.authorPaces, James B.
dc.contributor.authorPetrie, Lesley
dc.contributor.authorPlummer, Mitchell A.
dc.contributor.authorPorinchu, David F.
dc.contributor.authorRountrey, Adam N.
dc.contributor.authorScott, Eric
dc.contributor.authorSertich, Joseph J. W.
dc.contributor.authorSharpe, Saxon E.
dc.contributor.authorSkipp, Gary L.
dc.contributor.authorStrickland, Laura E.
dc.contributor.authorStucky, Richard K.
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Robert S.
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-20T15:15:19Z
dc.date.available2015-04-20T15:15:19Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractIn North America, terrestrial records of biodiversity and climate change that span Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage (MIS) 5 are rare. Where found, they provide insight into how the coupling of the ocean–atmosphere system is manifested in biotic and environmental records and how the biosphere responds to climate change. In 2010–2011, construction at Ziegler Reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado (USA) revealed a nearly continuous, lacustrine/wetland sedimentary sequence that preserved evidence of past plant communities between ~ 140 and 55 ka, including all of MIS 5. At an elevation of 2705 m, the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site also contained thousands of well-preserved bones of late Pleistocene megafauna, including mastodons, mammoths, ground sloths, horses, camels, deer, bison, black bear, coyotes, and bighorn sheep. In addition, the site contained more than 26,000 bones from at least 30 species of small animals including salamanders, otters, muskrats, minks, rabbits, beavers, frogs, lizards, snakes, fish, and birds. The combination of macro- and micro-vertebrates, invertebrates, terrestrial and aquatic plant macrofossils, a detailed pollen record, and a robust, directly dated stratigraphic framework shows that high-elevation ecosystems in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado are climatically sensitive and varied dramatically throughout MIS 5.
dc.format.extent618–634
dc.identifier0033-5894
dc.identifier.citationMiller, Ian M., Pigati, Jeffrey S., Scott Anderson, R., Johnson, Kirk R., Mahan, Shannon A., Ager, Thomas A., Baker, Richard G., Blaauw, Maarten, Bright, Jordon, Brown, Peter M., Bryant, Bruce, Calamari, Zachary T., Carrara, Paul E., Cherney, Michael D., Demboski, John R., Elias, Scott A., Fisher, Daniel C., Gray, Harrison J., Haskett, Danielle R., Honke, Jeffrey S., Jackson, Stephen T., Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo, Kline, Douglas, Leonard, Eric M., Lifton, Nathaniel A. et al. 2014. "Summary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume : A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6–4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA." <em>Quaternary Research</em>, 82, (3) 618–634. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.004">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.004</a>.
dc.identifier.issn0033-5894
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/25191
dc.publisherAcademic Press, Elsevier Science, Inc.
dc.relation.ispartofQuaternary Research 82 (3)
dc.titleSummary of the Snowmastodon Project Special Volume : A high-elevation, multi-proxy biotic and environmental record of MIS 6–4 from the Ziegler Reservoir fossil site, Snowmass Village, Colorado, USA
dc.typearticle
sro.description.unitNMNH
sro.description.unitNH-Paleobiology
sro.identifier.doi10.1016/j.yqres.2014.07.004
sro.identifier.itemID131011
sro.identifier.refworksID60891
sro.publicationPlaceSan Diego

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