Uncovering a new era of climate change during the Ice Age of the Black Hills

By Sharon E. Holte and Jim I. Mead

Backed by Susan Kloss, Malon & Kathy Anderson, Elisa Lamont, Richard Ryan, Jim Jacobs, Claire Chougnet, Eugene Burns, Wayne Fields, Nancy Anderson-Smith, Steve Gross, and 11 other backers

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The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, SD

Custer, South Dakota

DOI: 10.18258/12861

Grant: BBPI Paleontology Grant Challenge Grant: BBPI Paleontology Grant Challenge

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Richard RyanBacker

On my wish list is to put together a presentation, "Ice Age Arizona: Plants, Animals, and People" Jim, you have 3 different muskox in Black Hills! Here in AZ we only have Shrub Ox, correct? (S. AZ and Grand Canyon)

Mar 22, 20190

Jim I. MeadResearcher

Hi Richard, Yes you are correct. Arizona in the Rancholabrean seems to have only the Shrubox, Euceratherium. The region is just too far south to get much else. The Colorado Plateau has a different story, Euceratherium and Bootherium. Looks like somewhere around the AZ-UT border may have been just enough environmental/climatic differences to allow the more boreal adapted Bootherium to persist. Let me know if you have more questions: jmead@mammothsite.org. Cheers. JIM

Mar 25, 20190

Jim I. MeadResearcher

Jim J. thanks a lot for your support on our project....and thanks for supporting The Mammoth Site as you do! It really is becoming an active research area with multiple cave projects going. Each one critical to a particular question we have about the Ice Age. Let me know if you are ever out here again so I can show you are new Microfaunal Lab. Have a good week. JIM

Mar 11, 20190

Jim JacobsBacker

I've long been as supporter of the Mammoth site and am pleased to support them in the new and very relevant research

Mar 08, 20190